Role of perceived work–life balance between work overload and career commitment
Journal of Managerial Psychology
ISSN: 0268-3946
Article publication date: 31 March 2020
Issue publication date: 3 April 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of the study is to examine the mediating effect of perceived work–life balance (WLB) between work overload and career commitment among law enforcement officers in India. The study also explores whether satisfaction with organizational WLB strategies moderates the relationship between work overload and perceived WLB.
Design/methodology/approach
This research is based on a sample of 819 law enforcement officers through a structured questionnaire based data collection. The reliability coefficient of the scales varied between 0.86 and 0.94. The study adopted a hierarchical multiple regression analysis to test the hypotheses.
Findings
The result supported the mediating role of perceived WLB in the relationship between work overload and career commitment. It also demonstrated that the impact of work overload on perceived WLB would be diminished among employees having high levels of satisfaction on organizational WLB strategies.
Practical implications
The research findings have significant policy implications for the organization under study and a reference for many others with deteriorating WLB to amend the existing policy or formulate new measures.
Originality/value
The present study expands the scant literature on the mediating role of perceived WLB between work overload and career commitment. The study also furthers the literature by exploring the moderating roles of WLB strategies between work overload and perceived WLB.
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Acknowledgements
The author gratefully acknowledges the late Dr. N. Sudarsan, Professor (Retired), School of Management Studies at National Institute of Technology Calicut, India, for his support and guidance at the early stage of this research. The author is indebted to University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India for sponsoring this research. A sincere thank you to Dr. Surya Prakash Pati of IIM Kozhikode, India and Dr. Mohan Dharavath of TISS Hyderabad, India for their diligent proofreading of this paper.
Citation
Poulose, S. and Dhal, M. (2020), "Role of perceived work–life balance between work overload and career commitment", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 35 No. 3, pp. 169-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-03-2018-0117
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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