A new state-of-the-art for understanding and improving work-life balance
Abstract
This project aims to develop and test a novel, integrative computational model that explains how time management, work design, and identity processes interact over time to shape work-life balance. In doing so, it brings recent advances in computational psychology to bear on a problem of widespread interest within organisational psychology. The expected outcomes are a new theory addressing how what we do with our time inside and outside of work affects our life satisfaction and productivity. The benefits include actionable insights from the model that can help individuals, organisations, and policymakers promote work practices that achieve sustainable economic growth.
