The Work-Life Conflict and Well-Being of Turkish Employees

Cem BAŞLEVENT

Article Details

The Work-Life Conflict and Well-Being of Turkish Employees

Authors:

Cem BAŞLEVENT

Publisher:

Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu Vakfı

Main Topics:

Economics and Finance

Journal:

Ekonomi-tek 2014 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.57-76

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000406284

eISSN:

2791-7991

pISSN:

2146-6173

Abstract:

 

Using data drawn from the 2004 European Social Survey, we examine the determinants of the life satisfaction of employees in Turkey. The data reveal that the majority of Turkish wage and salary earners are either under- or overemployed. About half of Turkish workers have to work longer than they desire, so, unsurprisingly, the share of workers who say they are pleased with their work schedules is only 22%. Gender turns out to be closely linked with the hours-mismatch status, as the level of over-employment is eight percentage points higher among female workers than male. Ordered probit-model estimates reveal that over-employment (measured as the difference in the actual and preferred weekly number of hours) has a negative impact on wellbeing. We failed to turn up a statistically significant finding for underemployment, which we attribute to the small sample size. We also find no statistically meaningful difference in the impact on male versus female employees
of the work-hours mismatch. This suggests that the gender differences that would have been expected in this context are already incorporated into the respondents' subjectively determined desired hours of work. In addition, we find that family-to-work conflict is less common, but has a larger impact on well-being than work-to-family conflict.

 

Using data drawn from the 2004 European Social Survey, we examine the determinants of the life satisfaction of employees in Turkey. The data reveal that the majority of Turkish wage and salary earners are either under- or overemployed. About half of Turkish workers have to work longer than they desire, so, unsurprisingly, the share of workers who say they are pleased with their work schedules is only 22%. Gender turns out to be closely linked with the hours-mismatch status, as the level of over-employment is eight percentage points higher among female workers than male. Ordered probit-model estimates reveal that over-employment (measured as the difference in the actual and preferred weekly number of hours) has a negative impact on wellbeing. We failed to turn up a statistically significant finding for underemployment, which we attribute to the small sample size. We also find no statistically meaningful difference in the impact on male versus female employees
of the work-hours mismatch. This suggests that the gender differences that would have been expected in this context are already incorporated into the respondents' subjectively determined desired hours of work. In addition, we find that family-to-work conflict is less common, but has a larger impact on well-being than work-to-family conflict.

Article Details

The Work-Life Conflict and Well-Being of Turkish Employees

Authors: Cem BAŞLEVENT

Publisher: Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu Vakfı

Main Topics: Economics and Finance

Journal: Ekonomi-tek 2014 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.57-76

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2013

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000406284

eISSN: 2791-7991

pISSN: 2146-6173

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Authors:

Cem BAŞLEVENT

Publisher:

Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu Vakfı

Main Topics:

Economics and Finance

Journal:

Ekonomi-tek 2014 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.57-76

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000406284

eISSN:

2791-7991

pISSN:

2146-6173