Work–life balance supports can improve employee well-being
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Study by University of Leicester and Norwich Business School reveals how flexible working arrangements can increase satisfaction and reduce anxiety and depression
Professor Stephen Wood, University of Leicester, School of Business
Work–life balance supports provided by employers, often known as flexible working arrangements, can have a significant effect on employees who use them, a new study has found.
Flexible working arrangements include flexitime, job sharing, moving from full-time to part-time working, compressing working hours, home working, working only in school term, paid leave to care for a dependent in an emergency.
Now new research based on a large national survey by Professor Stephen Wood at the University of Leicester School of Business and Kevin Daniels and Chidi Ogbonnaya at Norwich Business School, concludes that work–life balance supports can succeed in improving the well-being of those that use them.
Work–life balance supports are commonly thought to enable employ...
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