Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ Career

As organizations go global by trying to increase revenues or penetrate new markets for expansion, it becomes necessary to have employees who will work overseas. Working overseas as an expatriate requires a lot of effort both from the expatriate and the organization in order for the assignment to be...

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Main Authors: Dennis Osah, Ingrida Šarkiūnaitė
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2022-10-01
Series:Vilnius University Open Series
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Online Access:https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29608
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description As organizations go global by trying to increase revenues or penetrate new markets for expansion, it becomes necessary to have employees who will work overseas. Working overseas as an expatriate requires a lot of effort both from the expatriate and the organization in order for the assignment to be successful. Work-life balance is vital in this regard. Employees will only succeed in the official assignment when their organizations prioritize their well-being, as this will greatly assist them in making sure they are effective and efficient in their work. The goal of this research was to see how work-life balance impacts expatriates’ careers and whether there are any relationships between work-life balance and expatriates’ careers. Results showed work-life balance has a significant positive effect on performance. This is to say that a healthy work-life balance will impact an expatriates’ career greatly, which will also benefit the organization.
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spelling doaj.art-71bc67ad73854dc6a9be4bf1f821cc692022-12-22T02:36:06ZengVilnius University PressVilnius University Open Series2669-05352022-10-0110.15388/ISC.2022.7Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ CareerDennis Osah0Ingrida Šarkiūnaitė1Vilnius University, LithuaniaVilnius University, Lithuania As organizations go global by trying to increase revenues or penetrate new markets for expansion, it becomes necessary to have employees who will work overseas. Working overseas as an expatriate requires a lot of effort both from the expatriate and the organization in order for the assignment to be successful. Work-life balance is vital in this regard. Employees will only succeed in the official assignment when their organizations prioritize their well-being, as this will greatly assist them in making sure they are effective and efficient in their work. The goal of this research was to see how work-life balance impacts expatriates’ careers and whether there are any relationships between work-life balance and expatriates’ careers. Results showed work-life balance has a significant positive effect on performance. This is to say that a healthy work-life balance will impact an expatriates’ career greatly, which will also benefit the organization. https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29608Work-life balanceexpatriates’ careersemployee performancejob satisfactionorganizational support
spellingShingle Dennis Osah
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Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ Career
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Work-life balance
expatriates’ careers
employee performance
job satisfaction
organizational support
title Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ Career
title_full Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ Career
title_fullStr Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ Career
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ Career
title_short Impact of Work-Life Balance Management on Expatriates’ Career
title_sort impact of work life balance management on expatriates career
topic Work-life balance
expatriates’ careers
employee performance
job satisfaction
organizational support
url https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29608
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