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Work–Life Balance, Health and Wellbeing

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Occupational Safety and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (27 March 2023) | Viewed by 8995

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Henry C. Y. Ho

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Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Interests: organizational culture; work-related stress; work-family interface; work-related wellbeing; flourishing; psychological capital; character strengths and virtues; family interventions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

People working in urban cities commonly experience long working hours, high job demands, and stressful work conditions. Striking a balance between work and non-work life poses a challenge for employees around the globe. Research on work–life balance typically describes multiple roles in different life domains as opposing forces that demand time, attention, and commitment. An abundance of existing studies are focused on mutually incompatible demands between the roles at work and at home, namely work–family conflict, and have investigated their impact on a wide range of undesirable health and wellbeing outcomes including burnout, psychological distress, emotional exhaustion, psychosomatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression, to name a few.

However, the mental-illness approach has been criticized for not being able to account for variability among people, particularly those able to lead meaningful, enjoyable, and fulfilling lives despite challenges and adversities. To formulate solutions to promote work–life balance, we need to understand not only human weaknesses but also human functioning in the work–life interface by identifying the protective, resilience, and synergistic factors that facilitate the integration of work and non-work life.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on the organizational, individual, family, and interpersonal factors that contribute to work–life integration/synergy, cross-domain enhancement/enrichment, and multiple role engagement for promoting wellbeing. Specifically, this Special Issue considers topics relevant to the work–life interface, including, but not limited to: organizational culture, practices, and policies that support employees; personal and family factors that buffer the effects of work–life interference and work–family conflict; psychosocial mechanisms that explain the process of work–life balance; behaviors that create fulfillment and meaning in life while managing multiple roles; and interventions that aim to promote work–family harmony and wellbeing.

The work–life interface is not limited to work and family life but also encompasses work and other life domains, such as leisure, social, spiritual, health, and community life. Wellbeing can encompass hedonic and eudaimonic dimensions. Original theoretical works, research reports, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews are welcomed.

Dr. Henry C. Y. Ho
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • work–life balance
  • work–life interface
  • work–family interface
  • work–family conflict
  • work–family integration
  • work-related stress
  • wellbeing
  • engagement
  • life satisfaction
  • meaning in life

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Family-Friendly Policies: Extrapolating A Pathway towards Better Work Attitudes and Work Behaviors in Hong Kong
by Lina Vyas, Francis Cheung, Hang-Yue Ngo and Kee-Lee Chou
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12575; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912575 - 1 Oct 2022
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The need for family-friendly policies to balance work and life demands is growing. Many studies have addressed how family-friendly policies relate to a variety of employees’ work attitudes and behavioral outcomes, but not how they (positively or negatively) affect them, especially the affective [...] Read more.
The need for family-friendly policies to balance work and life demands is growing. Many studies have addressed how family-friendly policies relate to a variety of employees’ work attitudes and behavioral outcomes, but not how they (positively or negatively) affect them, especially the affective components of family-friendly policies that provide “felt” support to an employee. To fill this gap, this study adopts a moderated mediating mechanism to analyze how affective components of family-friendly policies impact employees’ attitudes and behaviors through signaling and social exchange theory. We examined how this impact is mediated by factors such as work–life conflict, perceived organizational support, and control over working hours, as well as whether having a supportive supervisor moderates the mediated effect through further limiting the degree of work–life conflict or strengthening control over working hours. Data were collected through a survey with 401 employee–supervisor dyads from organizations in Hong Kong. We found that family-friendly policies do not necessarily affect work attitude and behavior, but they work through the sequential mediators of having more control over working hours and perceived organizational support. The role of supportive supervisors is also significant, in that they are likely to be key in molding the organizational environment for the gradual provision and uptake of family-friendly policies. The results of this study contribute to the development of signaling and social exchange theory and have theoretical implications for supervisors regarding them utilizing their position to improve employee work attitudes and behavioral outcomes. Full article
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An Integrated Approach to Workplace Mental Health: A Scoping Review of Instruments That Can Assist Organizations with Implementation
by Adam Nebbs, Angela Martin, Amanda Neil, Sarah Dawkins and Jessica Roydhouse
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1192; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021192 - 9 Jan 2023
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This study aimed to identify instruments that may assist organizations with implementing an integrated approach to workplace mental health using three activities from the knowledge to action (KTA) framework. A scoping review of published and grey literature, supported by stakeholder (business end-user and [...] Read more.
This study aimed to identify instruments that may assist organizations with implementing an integrated approach to workplace mental health using three activities from the knowledge to action (KTA) framework. A scoping review of published and grey literature, supported by stakeholder (business end-user and researcher) consultation, identified work-specific instruments that were relevant to at least one of the three domains of an integrated approach to workplace mental health: ‘prevent harm’, ‘promote the positive’, and ‘respond to problems’. A total of 207 instruments were located, and 109 instruments met eligibility criteria. 10 instruments were located that were relevant to multiple domains, however most instruments (n = 72) were relevant to the ‘prevent harm’ domain. Instruments relevant to the ‘promote the positive’ (n = 14) and ‘respond to problems’ (n = 13) domains were limited. Most instruments found were suitable for the ‘monitor, review and improve’ KTA activity. Further development of instruments that can assist with ‘promote the positive’ and ‘respond to problems’ strategies are required, specifically those instruments that can assist organizations with the ‘identify gaps and opportunities’ and ‘identify priorities and design new/enhanced interventions’ KTA activities. Full article
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