Introduction Knowledge workers Work-family balance Research Objectives Methodology Preliminary Results Other Studies References Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland Aleksandra Wilczynska Thesis Coordinators: Dr. Joan Torrent Sellens & Dr. Dominik Batorski Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Warsaw, 6 June 2014 Aleksandra Wilczynska Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland
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Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland
The main aim of the presentation is to identify and analyze relevant dimensions of well-being in terms of knowledge workers and investigate how they translate into life satisfaction. The Author focuses on analysis of work-family balance of knowledge workers in Poland, its determinants and consequences.
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ConceptualizationSomeone whose work requires levels of creativity, intellectiveskills and theoretical rather than purely contextual knowledge.
OperationalizationAll those
who work in the top three standard occupationalclassifications (managers, professionals, associateprofessionals)with high levels skills, indicated by degree or equivalentqualificationswho perform tasks that require expert thinking andcomplex communication skills with the assistance ofcomputers.
Aleksandra Wilczynska Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland
Definition & ModelsWork-Family Balance in numbersMeasures of Work-family balance
Measures of Work-family balance
Time use variables
Time devoted to workTime spent on commuting between work and homeDays spent away from home due to work tripsTime devoted to familyTime spent on domestic activities. . .
Subjective measures
Being able to relax and forget about workHarmony between work and familyInterference of work into family life. . .
Aleksandra Wilczynska Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland
Definition & ModelsWork-Family Balance in numbersMeasures of Work-family balance
Our Approach
Problem No sufficient data to construct a standard measure ofwork-family balance (no time use variables measuring”family time”, no variables measuring work-familyinteraction)
Solution We model causal relationship between problems infamily sphere and work sphere, time devoted to workand working from home with use of ICTs
Aleksandra Wilczynska Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland
Employment Flexibility and Job Security asDeterminants of Job Satisfaction. The Caseof Polish Knowledge Workers I
Aim of the study
To investigate relationships between job security,employment flexibility and job satisfactionTo show how these factors impact groups of knowledgeworkers and other workers differently
Methods
Data from Social Diagnosis 2011Two logistic models, separate for knowledge workers andother workersJob Satisfaction as a dependent variable
Aleksandra Wilczynska Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland
Employment Flexibility and Job Security asDeterminants of Job Satisfaction. The Caseof Polish Knowledge Workers II
Type of contract, insecure source of income, overload ofduties andunjust treatment at workplace as independentvariables
Results
For all employees job insecurity is the most influentialdeterminant of job satisfactionFlexible workers much more vulnerable to job insecuritiesJob satisfaction of knowledge workers more influenced byjob security
Aleksandra Wilczynska Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland
Guest, D. E. (2002).Perspectives on the Study of Work-life Balance.Social Science Information, 41(2):255–279.
OECD (2014).Better Life Index. Poland.
Pichler, F. (2008).Determinants of Work-life Balance: Shortcomings in theContemporary Measurement of WLB in Large-scale Surveys.Social Indicators Research, 92(3):449–469.
Aleksandra Wilczynska Work-family balance of Knowledge Workers in Poland