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Work Life Balance, Employee Engagement, Emotional Consonance/Dissonance & Turnover Intention


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This paper reviews the literature in the domain of Work-Life Balance. It accentuates the importance of broadening the current narrow focus which looks at balance, primarily between "work" and "family". The paper proposes a conceptual model to be tested empirically. The construction of a robust scale for measurement of Work-Life Balance is emphasized. The proposed model focuses on the correlates of Work- Life Balance construct and its relationship with other variables such as employee engagement, emotional conson-ance/dissonance and turnover intention. Theoretical and practical implications of research in this domain are discussed with a focus on areas for future research.
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Authors

Tara Shankar
Human Behaviour & Organizational Development, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon 122001, India
Jyotsna Bhatnagar
Human Behaviour & Organizational Development, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon 122001, India

Abstract


This paper reviews the literature in the domain of Work-Life Balance. It accentuates the importance of broadening the current narrow focus which looks at balance, primarily between "work" and "family". The paper proposes a conceptual model to be tested empirically. The construction of a robust scale for measurement of Work-Life Balance is emphasized. The proposed model focuses on the correlates of Work- Life Balance construct and its relationship with other variables such as employee engagement, emotional conson-ance/dissonance and turnover intention. Theoretical and practical implications of research in this domain are discussed with a focus on areas for future research.

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