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Outcomes of work-life balance in job satisfaction, life satisfaction and…
Outcomes of work-life balance in job satisfaction, life satisfaction and mental health: A study a across seven cultures (2014)
Hypothesis
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H5a: The positive relationship between moderate the relationship between WLB and job satisfaction and life satisfaction will be stronger in countries higher in individualism.
H6a: The positive relationship between WLB and job satisfaction and life satisfaction will be stronger in countries higher in gender egalitarianism.
H5b: The negative relationship between WLB and anxiety and depression will be stronger in countries higher individualism.
H6b: The negative relationship between WLB and anxiety and depression will be stronger in countries higher in gender egalitarianism.
Theory
Balance individuals may be mentally healthier because they experience a sense of harmony in life and optimal psycho-physiological conditions which enable them to meet the long-term demands of work and non-work roles (Greenhaus et al., 2003)
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Outcomes
strong and consistent support from all cultures for WLB to be associated with the result or the outcomes of the expected direction even though some differences related to variations in the national culture.
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High level of WLB were more negatively associated with anxiety for individual in gender egalitarian culture.
Main Findings
In H1 and H2, WLB was significantly related to job satisfaction and life satisfaction.
In H3 and H4, WLB was also significantly linked with anxiety and depression.
Significant interaction effects were found between WLB and individualism/collectivism (I/C) towards job satisfaction and life satisfaction.
Significant interaction effects were found between WLB and gender egalitarianism towards jobs satisfaction, life satisfaction and anxiety.
Employees living in individualistic cultures reported significantly higher job and life significant as expected supporting hypothesis 5a.
The result provided no support for hypothesis 5b.
Employees living in gender egalitarianism culture reported significantly higher levels of job satisfaction and life satisfaction.