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| Title: | The Duality of the Work-life and Personal-life Strain: Which Came First? |
| Authors: | Ahuja, Manju
Goh, Debbie
Bartelt, Valerie |
| Keywords: | work-life balance
personal life |
| Issue Date: | 29-Sep-2007 |
| Abstract: | Work-life balance is a source of turnover in IT-related workforce. Employers are finding it difficult to recruit and retain employees, especially women, due to this issue. Therefore, it is important to examine the sources of strain on IT workers. This paper examines the conceptual and empirical differences between strain on personal-life and strain on work-life as well as gender differences with respect to these. To determine the amount of strain on their personal life, we asked respondents to indicate how often they found themselves in the following three scenarios: (a) Things I want to do in my personal life do not get done because of the demands my school work puts on me. (b) The strain produced by my work at school affects my ability to fulfill personal responsibilities. (c) Due to school work-related duties, I have to change my plans for personal activities. Based on these, we created a composite scale that measures overall strain on personal life of respondents. Data were analyzed using a regression model. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2378/280 |
| Appears in Collections: | SI C 01: Gender
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