Work-life Balance, Employee Health and Wellbeing

Edited by Connie Zheng, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, UniSA Business, and Director, Centre for Workplace Excellence, University of South Australia, Australia

• Contents1 Introduction to an international perspective of work-lifebalance, employee health and wellbeing 1Connie Zheng2 Supporting employee wellbeing through workplace design 25Susanne Colenberg and Tuuli Jylhä3 Work from home and work-family enrichment 50Gnei Rushna Preena, Marie Wilson and Connie Zheng4 Three-way interactions of work intensification andwork-family restrictions on wellbeing: a sustainable workperspective 75Sugumar Mariappanadar5 Online education during two Lithuanian COVID-19lockdowns: effects on work-life balance of educators 109Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė, InetaŽičkutė-Daugelavičienė, Jurga Duobienė and Kęstutis Duoba6 Linking traffic congestion and remote work to employees’work-life balance and health: the case of Lagos 135Chukwuemeka Echebiri, Uju Violet Alola and Jonathan Muringani7 Honey, shhh! I am working: work from home andwork-life balance during COVID-19 152Pavithra Kailasapathy, Dharshani Thennakoon and S. D.K. Wanninayake8 Work from home, work from anywhere: consequences forwork-family conflict and employee productivity 180Sasuli Vidana, Marie Wilson and Connie Zheng9 Factors influencing work-life balance of Lithuanianmigrant women 203Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė, Živilė Stankevičiūtė andLaura Mongirdaitė10 Moral injuries and wellbeing: evidence from the CanadianDefence 232Simone Cutts-Chiu11 Emotional regulation and wellbeing of Pakistaniemergency rescue workers 250Shazia Nauman, Connie Zheng and Hassan Imam12 Impact of United Nations global compact on businessperformance: the mediating role of quality of life in Africa 267Satyendra Singh, Bupe Getrude Mutono-Mwanza andSamuel Ayeh-Bampoe13 Conclusion: future of work and employee wellbeing 289Connie ZhengIndex 305

‘Employee wellbeing and work-life balance are critical issues that transcend borders, cultures, and industries. The edited volume, Work-life Balance, Employee Health and Wellbeing: An International Perspective, makes an important contribution to our understanding of the array of factors that influence worker health and wellbeing and does so from a cross-cultural perspective. The individual chapters highlight some of the major issues that impact health and wellbeing (e.g., work intensification, traffic congestion) while also diving deeply into cultural context. Importantly, the book includes key topics such as remote work and the viability of the four-day workweek, providing insights into the future of work. The book should serve as an outstanding resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world who are interested in employee health and wellbeing.’