‘#MeToo’ for work-life balance
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Brough, Paula
Kinman, Gail
McDowall, Almuth
Chan, Xi Wen
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2021
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Paula Brough’s recent keynote address to the virtual 14th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference, discussed the ‘enigmatic concept of work-life balance’. Brough noted that 45 years of work-life balance research has produced distinct advancements in the scholarly discussions of work-life balance (i.e., clarity of definition, measurement instruments including theoretical explanations; Brough, Timms, Chan, Hawkes, & Rasmussen, 2020) and for practice (i.e., widespread adoption of organisational work-life balance policies, organisational cost-benefit models). This research has undoubtedly contributed to the ...
View more >Paula Brough’s recent keynote address to the virtual 14th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference, discussed the ‘enigmatic concept of work-life balance’. Brough noted that 45 years of work-life balance research has produced distinct advancements in the scholarly discussions of work-life balance (i.e., clarity of definition, measurement instruments including theoretical explanations; Brough, Timms, Chan, Hawkes, & Rasmussen, 2020) and for practice (i.e., widespread adoption of organisational work-life balance policies, organisational cost-benefit models). This research has undoubtedly contributed to the increase of employee diversity, most especially the employment and retention of women and mothers.
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View more >Paula Brough’s recent keynote address to the virtual 14th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference, discussed the ‘enigmatic concept of work-life balance’. Brough noted that 45 years of work-life balance research has produced distinct advancements in the scholarly discussions of work-life balance (i.e., clarity of definition, measurement instruments including theoretical explanations; Brough, Timms, Chan, Hawkes, & Rasmussen, 2020) and for practice (i.e., widespread adoption of organisational work-life balance policies, organisational cost-benefit models). This research has undoubtedly contributed to the increase of employee diversity, most especially the employment and retention of women and mothers.
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Journal Title
Work-Life Balance Bulletin: A DOP Publication
Volume
5
Issue
1
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Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)