20.500.12556/DKUM-91134 Impact of work-family balance results on employee work engagement within the organization the case of Slovenia Background and purpose: Organizations strive to increase the work engagement of their employees, as engaged employees are more productive employees, but often neglect the significant effects of work-family balance on work engagement. Numerous studies confirm the importance of work-family balance and work engagement, but there is lack of research that explores the relationship between the concepts. Our research fills a research gap in investigating the impact of work-family balance on work engagement, both directly and through individual perceptions of organizational support for work-family balance. The main aim of our research is to empirically test the relationships between the policies and practices of organizations regarding work-family balance, work-life balance and work engagement. Methods: Using validated questionnaires, we collected data on organizational support for work-family balance (family-friendly policies and practices, support by leader, support by co-workers, working hours and complexity of work), work-family balance and work engagement. The quantitative data for our analysis was collected through a survey of 343 online participants who were employees in various positions in companies in Slovenia. The results: Our results show that the organization's work-family balance policies and practices, such as support by leader, co-workers, and family-friendly policies and practices, have a positive impact on the individual's work-family balance, that work-family balance leads to an increase in work engagement, and that the individual's perception of the organization's work-family balance support leads to an increase in work engagement. Conclusion: Knowledge of important work-family balance implications with an understanding of organizational support for work-family balance and the relationships between the constructs of work-family balance and work engagement can be beneficial to business leaders. This understanding can help them to strengthen employee work engagement through family-friendly policies and practices, and thereby contributing to the area of employee behavior and improving employee productivity. work-family balance work engagement organization management usklajevanje delovnega in družinskega življenja zavzetost pri delu management organizacij true false true Public Library of Science Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-11-14 11:27:36 2024-11-14 11:42:05 2024-11-20 09:58:41 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 1-17 št. 1, št. članka 0245078 Letn. 16 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2020-09-17 2020-12-21 2021-01-20 005.7 48224003 10.1371/journal.pone.0245078 1932-6203 Znidarsic-2021-Impact_of_work-family_balance_r.pdf Znidarsic-2021-Impact_of_work-family_balance_r.pdf 1 10E946DE5D3C20109ED6B112B780A780 72621e7b2e81c554e286a4c078e0217752718292b69f748702df8d8e7f4a5ac0 ce7ec84b-a274-11ef-9162-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=186829 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245078 0 12924d44-a273-11ef-9162-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=186828 Fakulteta za organizacijske vede 0 0 0