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Work‐life balance: Expatriates reflect the international dimension
Author(s) -
Shortland Sue,
Cummins Siobhan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
global business and organizational excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1932-2062
pISSN - 1932-2054
DOI - 10.1002/joe.20172
Subject(s) - expatriate , work (physics) , balance (ability) , personal life , work–life balance , business , dimension (graph theory) , public relations , marketing , psychology , political science , finance , engineering , law , order (exchange) , pure mathematics , mechanical engineering , mathematics , neuroscience
Studies by ORC Worldwide have found that long hours, travel, and other work‐related factors intrude into personal lives and create stress for a significant portion of HR professionals and expatriates around the world. But while HR professionals believe work‐life balance policies have benefited their organization and themselves, expatriates believe quite the opposite. Given the cost of expatriate assignments and the potential for work‐life imbalance to erode employee commitment, organizations can do more to communicate and support work‐life practices outside their home country, and to better prepare the expatriate and family for life in their new location. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.