Relationships between Work-Family Balance, Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction and Work Engagement among Higher Education Lecturers

IF 1.5 Q3 MANAGEMENT Organizacija Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI:10.2478/orga-2021-0015

Jasmina Žnidaršič, Miha Marič

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Abstract Background and Purpose: Our research examines the impact of work-life balance on work engagement, both direct impact as well as through job and life satisfaction. The main aim of our research is to empirically test relations between work-life balance, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and work engagement among higher education lecturers from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Serbia, and Slovenia. Methods: Using validated questionnaires, we collected data on work-life balance, job satisfaction, life satisfaction and their work engagement. The quantitative data for our analysis were collected through a survey of 164 online participants. Based on an extensive literature review, we have formulated five hypotheses, which we tested in one structural model by using structural equation modelling (SEM). Results: Our findings show that an increase in work-life balance positively relates to life and work satisfaction and that life satisfaction leads to an increase in work engagement. Conclusion: The knowledge of important impact of work-life balance, together with the understanding of the relations between the researched constructs of work-life balance, life satisfaction, job satisfaction and work engagement, can strengthen teachers’ work engagement by respecting employees as actors in other roles and supporting work-family balance in the form of family-friendly policies and practices, and thereby contributes to the area of employee’s behaviour and improves the teacher’s productivity.

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高校讲师工作家庭平衡、工作满意度、生活满意度与工作投入的关系

摘要背景和目的：我们的研究考察了工作与生活平衡对工作投入的影响，包括直接影响以及通过工作和生活满意度。我们研究的主要目的是在奥地利、克罗地亚、捷克共和国、德国、塞尔维亚和斯洛文尼亚的高等教育讲师中实证检验工作与生活平衡、工作满意度、生活满意度和工作投入之间的关系。方法：采用经验证的问卷调查，收集工作与生活平衡、工作满意度、生活满意度及其工作投入度的数据。我们分析的定量数据是通过对164名在线参与者的调查收集的。在广泛文献综述的基础上，我们提出了五个假设，并使用结构方程建模（SEM）在一个结构模型中进行了测试。结果：我们的研究结果表明，工作与生活平衡的增加与生活和工作满意度呈正相关，生活满意度导致工作参与度的增加。结论：了解工作与生活平衡的重要影响，并理解所研究的工作与生活均衡、生活满意度、工作满意度和工作投入之间的关系，通过尊重员工作为其他角色的参与者，并以家庭友好的政策和做法的形式支持工作与家庭的平衡，可以加强教师的工作参与，从而有助于员工行为领域，提高教师的生产力。

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Organizacija MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

15.80%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Organizacija (Journal of Management, Information Systems and Human Resources) is an interdisciplinary peer reviewed journal that seeks both theoretical and practical papers devoted to managerial aspects of the subject matter indicated in the title. In particular the journal focuses on papers which cover state-of art developments in the subject area of the journal, its implementation and use in the organizational practice. Organizacija is covered by numerous Abstracting & Indexing services, including SCOPUS.