Gholamali Tabarsa; Mansooreh Moeini Korbekandi
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The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of work- life balance on psychological safety of staff with the mediating role of organizational optimism. The study in terms of purpose is practical and in terms of methods of data collection is survey from group of descriptive researches. The ...
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The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of work- life balance on psychological safety of staff with the mediating role of organizational optimism. The study in terms of purpose is practical and in terms of methods of data collection is survey from group of descriptive researches. The statistical population is female faculty members in the faculties and research institutes of Shahid Beheshti University 163 persons, The number of statistical samples obtained is 65 people. The tool of data collection is questionnaire of work – life balance provided by Agha et al. (2017) and questionnaire of optimism provided by Carver et al. (2010) and questionnaire of psychological safety of staff provided by Maslow (2004). Data analysis was performed with Structural Equation Modeling approach (SEM) with partial least squares method through Smart-PLS 3 software. The findings of this study showed that proposed research model is validated and based on it; Work- life balance has led to organizational optimism and this has an impact on psychological safety of staff. Also, organizational optimism variable plays an intermediary role in the relationship between work – life balance and psychological safety of staff.
Hamed Khamehchi; Mehdi Kheirandish; Akbar Hassanpoor; Yusef Vakili
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The purpose of this study was to identify the antecedents and consequences of work-life balance using a meta- analysis approach. The present study is descriptive in terms of purpose, practical in terms of usage and quantitative in terms of type of data. The study population consists of articles and thesis ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify the antecedents and consequences of work-life balance using a meta- analysis approach. The present study is descriptive in terms of purpose, practical in terms of usage and quantitative in terms of type of data. The study population consists of articles and thesis in internal and external database in the field of work- life balance from 2013 to 2018, that 25 cases were entered through meta-analysis process with a non- random purposive sampling method. Selected studies were analyzed using CMA2 software (Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software). Findings showed that among the antecedents of work-life balance, respectively, personal skills (0.564), high workload (-0.444), job control (0.416), family support (0.345), job flexibility (0.335), supervisor support (0.333), work-family conflict (-0.325), and work-family enrichment (0.323) had the greatest effect. Also among the consequences of work-life balance were organizational commitment (0.590), employee mental security (0.504), life satisfaction (0.471), employee wellbeing (0.465), employee health (0.406) had the greatest effect
