OBJECTIVE To explore factors associated with physician career satisfaction, work-life balance, and burnout focusing on differences across age, gender, and specialty. METHODS A cross-sectional, mailed, self-administered survey was sent to a national sample of 2,000 randomly-selected physicians, stratified by specialty, age, and gender (response rate 48%). Main outcome measures included career ...

The authors examined the interplay of personality and cultural factors in the prediction of the affective (hedonic balance) and the cognitive (life satisfaction) components of subjective well-being (SWB). They predicted that the influence of personality on life satisfaction is mediated by hedonic balance and that the relation between hedonic balance and life satisfaction is moderated by culture...

E-mail and instant messaging (IM) are essential ingredients of workplace communication. The study examines how the hedonic use of electronic communications influences work-life balance and cognitive absorption. Data collected from white-collar employees in the United States show that work-life balance mediates the relationship between personal e-mail and cognitive absorption, and that personal ...

today gender segregation in the workplace is increasingly sensitive. thus analysis of the reasons behind such phenomenon is of fundamental importance. the aim of this study is to investigate the occupational gender segregation among ahwaz public libraries foundation employees with emphasis on the role of work values. the method of this research is survey and data were collected by questionnaire...

today gender segregation in the workplace is increasingly sensitive. thus analysis of the reasons behind such phenomenon is of fundamental importance. the aim of this study is to investigate the occupational gender segregation among of ahwaz public libraries foundation employees with emphasis on the role of work values . the method of this research is survey and data were collected by questionn...

The article asks ‘where are we’ in the study of work–life balance within Industrial Relations and to next’ if we identify levers for positive change workplace gender equality as technology brings potential smoothing or disrupting how women men from different class groups work care. It first shines a classed lens on mainstream agenda pinpoint limitations its heavy focus time squeezes reported by...

This study evaluates a three-week online self-training intervention teaching mindfulness as cognitive–emotional segmentation strategy. Daily effects on psychological detachment, affective well-being, and strain-based work–family conflict, satisfaction with work–life balance were assessed, particular focus whether preferences moderate training responsiveness. A randomized wait-list control group...