Work-life balance and work engagement across the European workforce: a comparative analysis of welfare states.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few large-scale, comparative studies have examined both the positive mental well-being outcomes of work-life balance and the broader socio-economic context by which it is shaped. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the association between work-life balance and work engagement across a wide range of European welfare states, as well as to examine whether work-life balance varies across European countries and whether this variance can be explained by welfare regime, controlling for individual-level factors.

Methods

This study utilized data from the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey. In total, 35 401 workers from 30 European countries could be classified into the adopted welfare regime typology. Work engagement was measured using an ultra-short v

SUBMITTER: Bjork-Fant JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234642 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature