Employee perception of the provision of work-life balance initiatives within their
firms and their usage/intended usage of these initiatives was obtained for 77 New
Zealand accountants employed in four accounting firms. Statistical analysis indicated
the impact of these employee perceptions on overall job satisfaction, organisational
commitment, job stress, intentions to quit, family-work conflict and work-family
conflict. Employees' perception of the provision of work-life balance initiatives
failed to significantly impact the employee measures. Utilising or intending to utilise
work-life balance initiatives significantly impacted employee measures of
organisational commitment and job stress. These mixed results suggest that simply
installing work-life balance initiatives in accounting firms is not enough. Obtaining
measures of within firm social support for employees utilising work-life balance
initiatives needs further investigation. It is suggested that instead of adopting a 'one
size fits all' approach, that organisations need to install initiatives specifically suited
to the individual demographics of their workforce.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:canterbury.ac.nz/oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/4048 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Branch, Sarah Helen |
| Publisher | University of Canterbury. Psychology |
| Source Sets | University of Canterbury |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic thesis or dissertation, Text |
| Rights | Copyright Sarah Helen Branch, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml |
| Relation | NZCU |
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