Work-Life Balance

Work-Life Balance
In its most general form, work-life balance can be defined as the ability of individuals to effectively manage their work and individual lives. 1.
Work-life balance is one of the main keys to organizational success. Work-life balance helps people create a positive work environment. In addition, it helps the employee stay at work longer and has a positive return on training investments. Work-life balance, which means establishing the balance between career satisfaction and life responsibilities of the individual, facilitates the adaptation of employees to work by increasing the diversity of employees in the workplace. In addition to these, work-life balance is at a point that develops leadership skills and helps to produce new strategies for the demands of employees 2, 3.
The use of information and communication technologies in business life, that is, supporting flexible working life, facilitates the balance that a person will establish between her/his work life and her/his private life. In the globalizing world, the only goal is not to increase production and efficiency anymore; On the contrary, it is to meet the expectations of the employees as well as the workplaces and to ensure that they reach satisfaction 4.
1-Pekdemir, I., Koçoğlu, M. 2014. İşkoliklik ile İş Yaşam Dengesi Arasındaki İlişkide Kişilik Özelliklerinin Aracılık Rolü Üzerine Bir Araştırma, AİBÜ Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 14(14), ss. 309-337.
2-Korkmaz, O., & Erdoğan, E. (2014). İş Yaşam Dengesinin Örgütsel Bağlılık ve Çalışan Memnuniyetine Etkisi. Ege Academic Review, 14(4).
3-Cieri, H.D., Holmes, B., Abbott, J. ve Pettit, T. (2002) Work/Life Balance Strategies: Progress and Problems in Australian Organizations, USA, Monash University Working Paper Series.
4-Doğrul, B. Ş., & Tekeli, S. (2010). İş-yaşam dengesinin sağlanmasında esnek çalışma. Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi, 2(2), 11-18.