Overtime and quality of working life in academics and nonacademics: The role of perceived work-life balance.

R Fontinha, S Easton, D Van Laar - International Journal of Stress …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
While academic jobs generally provide a good degree of flexibility, academics also tend to
work extra hours which can then lead to a poorer work-life balance. In this study, we …

A life beyond work? Job demands, work-life balance, and wellbeing in UK academics

G Kinman, F Jones - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Research findings from several countries suggest that academic work has become
comparatively stressful, with potentially serious consequences for the workforce and the …

Quality of working life of academics and researchers in the UK: the roles of contract type, tenure and university ranking

R Fontinha, D Van Laar, S Easton - Studies in Higher Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Quality of working life has been defined as the part of overall quality of life that is influenced
by work. We developed a mediation model where home–work interface, job and career …

An examination of gender differences in the impact of individual and organisational factors on work hours, work-life conflict and psychological strain in academics

V Hogan, M Hogan, M Hodgins, G Kinman… - The Irish Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The current study used multi-group structural equation modelling (SEM) to test a fully and
partially mediated Extended Rational Model of Work-Life Conflict and examine the impact of …

Long Hours' Effects on Work‐Life Balance and Satisfaction

YY Hsu, CH Bai, CM Yang, YC Huang… - BioMed research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. In this study, we examined whether the associations between working hours, job
satisfaction, and work‐life balance are mediated by occupational stress. In addition, we …

New work demands in higher education. A study of the relationship between excessive workload, coping strategies and subsequent health among academic staff

M Melin, W Astvik, C Bernhard-Oettel - Quality in Higher Education, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the relationship between the work conditions in higher education
work settings, the academic staff's strategies for handling excessive workload and impact on …

'Being an academic is not a 9–5 job': long working hours and the 'ideal worker' in UK academia

K Sang, A Powell, R Finkel… - … & Industry: a journal of the …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The deregulation of working time has been occurring over recent decades. Academia is one
of the many industries that can be characterised by a long hours work culture and …

Work—life conflict: Is work time or work overload more important?

N Skinner, B Pocock - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Work time in the form of long hours or control over work scheduling (flexibility) dominates
much of the debate, and organisational policies and interventions, around sustaining a …

Effort‐reward imbalance, over‐commitment and work‐life conflict: testing an expanded model

G Kinman, F Jones - Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–Although the effort‐reward imbalance (ERI) model of job stress has gained support
in predicting employee health, it has rarely been examined in the context of the work‐home …

Is it time well spent? The relationship between time management behaviours, perceived effectiveness and work‐related morale and distress in a university context

H Kearns, M Gardiner - High Education Research & Development, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the high 'guru‐factor'in time management, few claims have been subjected to
empirical investigation. This study tests the claims that people who manage their time well …