A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran

This paper examines the impact of work-life balance (WLB) on individual outcomes of full time employees in Iran. This research aims to identify the influence of WLB on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intentions. Moreover, this paper aims to identify the influence of a selected grou...

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Autores: Tavassoli, Tara|||0000-0001-6348-0126, Sunyer Torrents, Albert|||0000-0003-0154-4811
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/114636
https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2018.33.16161636
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Palabra clave:Work-life balance -- Iran
Job satisfaction
Work-Life Balance
Life satisfaction
Work satisfaction
Turnover intentions
Supervisor support
Conciliació de la vida personal i laboral --Iran
Satisfacció en el treball
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió i direcció::Recursos humans
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spelling A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in IranTavassoli, Tara|||0000-0001-6348-0126Sunyer Torrents, Albert|||0000-0003-0154-4811Work-life balance -- IranJob satisfactionWork-Life BalanceLife satisfactionWork satisfactionTurnover intentionsSupervisor supportConciliació de la vida personal i laboral --IranSatisfacció en el treballÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió i direcció::Recursos humansThis paper examines the impact of work-life balance (WLB) on individual outcomes of full time employees in Iran. This research aims to identify the influence of WLB on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intentions. Moreover, this paper aims to identify the influence of a selected group of antecedents (job autonomy, work demands and supervisor work-family support) on WLB. Structural equation modeling in AMOS is used to analyze data from a sample of 203 full time workers in Iran. Analysis of data reveals positive relationships between WLB and job and life satisfaction while negative relationships between WLB and turnover intentions. The results also show significant relationships with all the studied antecedents of WLB. Job autonomy and supervisor work-family support have a positive relationship with WLB while work demands have a negative relationship with WLB. This is one of the first studies to analyze antecedents and outcomes of WLB in Iran. The results show that WLB is a relevant factor in the Iranian society. Employees that are able to balance all their life roles experience higher satisfaction and have less intention to leave their organization. In addition, the perception of balance is strongly influenced by work and family conditions. These findings align with other national studies in Western countries. Further research is needed to assess other work and non-work conditions that might influence WLB, for example, the role that colleagues, supervisors and HR management play in creating supportive work environments. It would also be valuable to extend the current study to other countries to develop a comparative cross-national research.Peer Reviewed20182018-02-2020182018-02-28journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/114636https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2018.33.16161636reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1146362026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
title A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
spellingShingle A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
Tavassoli, Tara|||0000-0001-6348-0126
Work-life balance -- Iran
Job satisfaction
Work-Life Balance
Life satisfaction
Work satisfaction
Turnover intentions
Supervisor support
Conciliació de la vida personal i laboral --Iran
Satisfacció en el treball
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió i direcció::Recursos humans
title_short A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
title_full A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
title_fullStr A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
title_full_unstemmed A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
title_sort A National study on the antecedents and outcomes of work-life balance in Iran
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tavassoli, Tara|||0000-0001-6348-0126
Sunyer Torrents, Albert|||0000-0003-0154-4811
author Tavassoli, Tara|||0000-0001-6348-0126
author_facet Tavassoli, Tara|||0000-0001-6348-0126
Sunyer Torrents, Albert|||0000-0003-0154-4811
author_role author
author2 Sunyer Torrents, Albert|||0000-0003-0154-4811
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Work-life balance -- Iran
Job satisfaction
Work-Life Balance
Life satisfaction
Work satisfaction
Turnover intentions
Supervisor support
Conciliació de la vida personal i laboral --Iran
Satisfacció en el treball
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió i direcció::Recursos humans
topic Work-life balance -- Iran
Job satisfaction
Work-Life Balance
Life satisfaction
Work satisfaction
Turnover intentions
Supervisor support
Conciliació de la vida personal i laboral --Iran
Satisfacció en el treball
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió i direcció::Recursos humans
description This paper examines the impact of work-life balance (WLB) on individual outcomes of full time employees in Iran. This research aims to identify the influence of WLB on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intentions. Moreover, this paper aims to identify the influence of a selected group of antecedents (job autonomy, work demands and supervisor work-family support) on WLB. Structural equation modeling in AMOS is used to analyze data from a sample of 203 full time workers in Iran. Analysis of data reveals positive relationships between WLB and job and life satisfaction while negative relationships between WLB and turnover intentions. The results also show significant relationships with all the studied antecedents of WLB. Job autonomy and supervisor work-family support have a positive relationship with WLB while work demands have a negative relationship with WLB. This is one of the first studies to analyze antecedents and outcomes of WLB in Iran. The results show that WLB is a relevant factor in the Iranian society. Employees that are able to balance all their life roles experience higher satisfaction and have less intention to leave their organization. In addition, the perception of balance is strongly influenced by work and family conditions. These findings align with other national studies in Western countries. Further research is needed to assess other work and non-work conditions that might influence WLB, for example, the role that colleagues, supervisors and HR management play in creating supportive work environments. It would also be valuable to extend the current study to other countries to develop a comparative cross-national research.
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