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  • Chapter 2 - Why is Work-Life Balance Important?

  • from Part I - Making the Case for Work-Life Balance
  • M. Joseph Sirgy, Virginia Tech, Dong-Jin Lee, Yonsei University
  • Book:
    Work-Life Balance
    Published online:
    19 January 2023
    Print publication:
    26 January 2023, pp 16-24

  • Summary

    We make the case in this chapter that work-life balance is an important topic because research has shown that work-life balance influences a host of organizational outcomes (e.g., organizational identification, loyalty, and commitment; turnover, job performance, employee morale, and organizational citizenship) and personal outcomes (employee stress, employee burnout, employee wellbeing, satisfaction with life overall, personal happiness, eudaimonia, satisfaction with family life, satisfaction with social life, satisfaction with leisure life, satisfaction with spiritual life, satisfaction with financial life, etc.).