#5121. A process-oriented, multilevel, multidimensional conceptual framework of work–life balance support: A multidisciplinary systematic literature review and future research agenda
August 2026 | publication date |
Proposal available till | 07-06-2025 |
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Journal’s subject area: |
Strategy and Management;
Management of Technology and Innovation;
Decision Sciences (all); |
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Abstract:
Work–life balance is shaped not only by how individuals manage their personal demands and resources, but also by stressors and work–life balance support mechanisms from external environment encompassing multilevel social systems. Our systematic literature review focuses particularly on the role of work–life balance support, drawing on 384 journal articles and book chapters published between 1960 and 20XX across five research disciplines, including management, applied psychology, industrial relations, family studies and sociology. We make four major contributions to the literature, including: (1) conceptualizing work–life balance support from a process-oriented perspective pertinent to a virtuous cycle of resource investment and return; (2) adopting a multilevel approach that construes the interactions in terms of resource changes between individuals’ work–life experiences; (3) proposing a multidimensional typology that differentiates the role of actual existence versus subjective perception of support mechanisms as inspired by social support literature; and (4) advocating a pluralist, multi-stakeholder approach to comprehending and reconciling multiple stakeholders’ shared.
Keywords:
Work–life balance; social systems; multilevel approach; actual existence; family studies
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