Individual management of balance between work and personal life: review and integration of literature
Abstract
Society and the labor market have undergone significant changes in recent years that led to conflicts between work and personal lives of individuals, causing negative results in the individual (dissatisfaction and stress) and in organizations (increased turnover and absenteeism). Literature does not currently provide sufficient knowledge to guide employers and employees on actions to avoid work-life conflict. The aim of this work is to integrate the theory of individual strategies to achieve work-life balance, identifying their effects on individuals and in the organization that employs them. For this purpose publications were reviewed from prestigious journals in the field of Management between 2000-2015. It concludes with a discussion about the implications for managing the Human Resources.Downloads
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