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Title:
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WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN PRACTISING WOMEN ENGINEERS AS A STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES INITIATIVE |
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Author(s):
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Mercy Manyuchi and Nita Sukdeo |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-36-8 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa, Adriana Backx Noronha Viana, Theodora Issa and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2021 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Strategic Human Resources Management, Women Engineers, Work-Life Balance |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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158 |
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Last Page:
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169 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Work-life balance is essential in Strategic Human Resources Management and must not be ignored. This study focused on
the evaluation of work-life balance factors: effect of job stress on employees' well-being, effect of role overload on
employee job satisfaction, effect of long working hours on employee morale and effect of work-family on job commitment.
The study therefore proposed a statement of problem to look at and identify those irregularities that may come up as a result
of poor balance between work and life. The scope of the study was limited to Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers registered
women engineers while the significance was given in line with the benefits to be expected by the stakeholders involved in
the study. The study was based on the Work-Life Border Theory. The methodology adopted was an online Google Form
questionnaire with a Likert 6 scale. A random sample with 92 women engineers was used for this study. Kruskal-Wallis
Chi-squared test at 95% confidence interval was adopted for the statistical data analysis. Statistically it was concluded that:
job stress has an effect on women engineers' well-being, role overload affects women engineers' job satisfaction, as well
as that work-life conflict affects job commitment for women engineers. However, long working hours do not influence
women engineers' morale as long as they are motivated and well resourced. Work-life balance of women engineers must
be prioritized. |
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