Antecedents and Ramifications of Work-life Balance: A Synthesis of Literature Review

Abstract

In order to certify the intensified performance, mostly in the era of extremely competitive business environment, Work Family Balance (WFB) and its consequences among employees have become substantial to organizations. The majority of the former studies conducted are based on organizational factors of work family balance such as flexible work arrangements, work support, job stress and technology but little attention has been given to individual factors such as emotional intelligence, well-being and personality which influence work family balance and their interrelationships. Not only that they are based on their relationships, but also that many researchers try to find out the possible outcomes of different levels of work family balance. Most research efforts have given more concentration to organizational and work related consequences such as job satisfaction, turnover intention, absenteeism, commitment performance. This study is an effort to accumulate the noteworthy research efforts reported on work family balance based on organizational and individual influencing factors and their outcomes which are work related and non-work related. In addition, this paper has been undertaken as a prelude for the pursuit of newer and more profound paths to future research such that more attention is on non-work related outcomes.