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 9788
Special Issue Editor
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