A Descriptive Study on Work-Life Balance of Turkish Employees in Various Sectors During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

With the Covid-19 pandemic, which is a very new period, many organizations had to quickly adapt to working from home or working remotely. Especially for the health and safety of their employees, there are many organizations that have switched to working from home, and still some organizations are continuing it. As a research article, this work examines the work-life balance of employees and statistical differences in terms of a variety of characteristics during the Covid-19 pandemic. A survey was conducted with 165 employees, and the SPSS 24 Package program was used for analysis. In the study, the work-life balance of employees during the pandemic differed statistically significantly by gender, age, marital status, lifestyle, sector, and position. In terms of having children, education level and receiving phone or e-mail working hours, there are no statistically significant differences in work-life balance.

Covid-19 Dönemi̇nde Bi̇reyleri̇n Algiladiklari Stres İle Örgütsel Destek Ve Örgütsel Bağlilik Arasindaki̇ İli̇şki̇ni̇n İncelenmesi̇

“…Bir başka çalışmada covid-19 dönemindeki örgütsel güven araştırılmıştır (Düzgün, 2022). Çalışmalarda işyaşam dengesi, iş yaşam çatışmasının ve covid-19 pandemisi arasındaki ilişki irdelenmiştir (Aksu ve Orak, 2022;Erdirençelebi, Çini, Ertürk ve Baykal, 2022;Atay ve Gerçek, 2021;Aksakal, 2021). Covid-19'un işe tutumunu irdeleyen çalışmalar da bulunmaktadır (Topçuoğlu ve Genç, 2021).…”

Impact of Work from Home on Health and Productivity level of Women Employees Working in IT Sector

“…(Yijing et al, 2021) which lead to an increasing chance of work family conflict. (Ustinov, 2020)Similarly, studies have also pointed that employees who are staying alone don't have anyone to share their social concerns or any problems which may contribute to isolation/ depression thus affecting the mental wellbeing of employees (Renzo et al, 2020). The continuous stay at home may cause certain behavioural changes like depression, anxiety etc which may lead to stress which likely can impact the mental and physical health of women employees Employees working from home witness negative emotions and irritability, which were associated with social isolation, anxiety and stress.…”