In recent years, employees were faced with more challenges between work and family, due to a series of changes of demographic characteristics and workforce construction (Beauregard & Henry, 2009; Martins, Eddleston, & Veiga, 2002; Premeaux, Adkins, & Mossholder, 2007). For example, Australia has around 21,507,717 population, 90% are employed (either full-time or part-time), and about 45% of people work more than 40 hours a week (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). Additionally, nearly half of…

Technology is the basis of communication, work, gaming, shopping, and entertainment. Through the years it has expanded to meet the needs of its many users. As of today, life is revolved around the internet, cellphones, and many other forms of technology. Within these forms, there are more specific uses that capture the attention of each individual user. For example, any app made for a cellphone. Apps are made for use on a cellphone to cause people to want to buy the phone and the app. Technology…

Technology and Work-Life Balance Research Question: How does technology impact the work-life balance for employees? Null hypothesis: Technology integration helps organizations attain the objectives of employee work-life balance. My survey was concerned with how much technology has been integrated into normal work life. In addition, the survey was to study how this technology has affected the work life balance of employees. This survey seeks to evaluate the value of technology in terms of its relationship…

Chapter I: Introduction Work-life balance is a concept that supports the efforts of employees to split their time and energy between work and the other important aspects of their lives. It is a daily effort to make time for family, friends, community participation, spirituality, personal growth, self-care, and other personal activities, in addition to the demands of the workplace. Work-life balance will vary for each person and will change throughout life. It is a flexible working arrangement…

Dealing with conflict is an inevitable factor in organizational life and the practice of social work. According to Northouse (2015), conflict is unavoidable in organizations and groups “during adaptive challenges and presents an opportunity for people to learn and grow (pp. 268). Sources of conflict include goals, means, values, temporal perspectives (e.g., time frames), role pressures, status discrepancies, and personality. However, conflict is usually due to contextual events so, personality differences…

further analyze research already conducted studies examining the conflicts between life outside of work and work obligations specific to a career in athletic training. It will also provide efficient techniques utilized to achieve life work balance. Research was gathered from various databases and journals. Portions of that research was extracted, summarized, and compared to research from other related articles. While the life-work balance is a consistent struggle for all athletic trainers, there…

Article Summary: Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes As technology advances more and more, computers and internet have become more accessible, affordable, and ever so popular in recent times. With easy accessibility to internet, the online learning environment is a growing trend. Schools all over the nation offer online programs and fast earning degrees. Students from different demographics and age groups fill online classrooms making it even more popular…

Head: TECHNOLOGY AND WORK LIFE BALANCE 1 Technology and Work Life Balance Human Resource Perspectives on Work Life Balance Course Technology and Work Life Balance 2 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….3 OVERVIEW OF TELECOMMUTING…………………………………………………………4 BENEFITS……………………………………………………………………………………….5 CHALLENGES………………………………………………………………………………….6 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………….7 Technology and Work…

5.1. Conclusion In conclusion the literature suggests that working long hours is perceived to impact negatively on various aspects of work and home life. Compressed workweeks (one Work Life Balance practice) tend to be associated with positive effects such as increases in job satisfaction and performance. Those who did not feel in control of their working lives were much more likely to report a sense of powerlessness in their organisation; much less likely to feel loyal to their organisation…

September 29, 2014 Survey of Mass Communication Dr. Paul Jacoway Fall 2014 Communication Technology Research Project Technology today is constantly growing and expanding into forms that we could never imagine, or we could but we just didn’t think it was possible. In any of the movies about the future we see amazing technology being put to use. I don’t know about you, but personally I always think to myself how far fetched it all seems. The new communication technology I chose really overwhelmed me at…