A Study on the Impact of” Job Sharing ” on the Employees’ Balance of Work and Living in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Subject Areas : Futurology

Mahdi Iran-Nejad Parizi ¹ , Fatemeh Azizabadi Farahani ² , Fatemeh-Sadat Razavi ³

1 - استاد و عضو هیأت علمی دانشکده مدیریت و اقتصاد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات
2 - استادیار و عضو هیأت علمی دانشکده مدیریت و اقتصاد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات
3 - استادیار و عضو هیأت علمی دانشکده مدیریت و اقتصاد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات

Received: 2012-10-26 Accepted : 2013-01-04 Published : 2013-09-23

Keywords: Job Sharing, Labour and Living Balance, Flexible Work Pattern,

Abstract :

In the modern world the discrepancy between labour and employees’ private life is a matterof concern to many organizations and communities. The imbalance caused by long work hourshas limited the time that the employees could allocate to their families (Giddens, 2008). In thelong run the undesirable work conditions bring about a high stress level as well asdissatisfaction in the workforce. The other negative impacts are frequent absence, physical andmental failures, lack of motivation, low productivity, aggravated living standard, and in somecases the firing of the affected employees. In the recent decades the managers andadministrators have realized the need for utilizing a set of policies that address this drawbackthrough reducing stress level in the workplaces, which in turn leads to higher productivity in themodern organizations.The present study focused on the impact of “Job Sharing” strategy implemented in theMinistry of Labour and Social Affairs as a flexible work pattern leading to work and livingbalance. The statistical population consisted of 276 employees selected through categorizedrandom sampling. The methodology was quantative and a standardized questionnaire was usedto collect data which were tested by applying single sample K-square. The four major factors inthe current research were the followings: Job Satisfaction Job Motivation Job Stress Living StandardThe findings of the study indicated that there would be a positive correlation between jobsharing and labour and living balance.