The Effect of Employees' Work-Life Balance on Life Satisfaction: An Application in Hotel Businesses

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 77 - 90, 31.01.2023

Boran Toker , Mehmet Bahadır Kalıpçı

https://doi.org/10.29023/alanyaakademik.1052985

Cited By: 1

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to examine the effects of work-life balance on life satisfaction of employees. The study, in which the questionnaire technique was used, was applied to 307 staff in 5-star hotels in Antalya's Manavgat district. Reliability, factor and regression analyzes were used to analyze the data obtained from Hayman's (2005) Work-Life Balance Scale and Diener et al.'s (1985) Life Satisfaction Scale. Work-personal life enhancement, a sub-dimension of the work-life balance scale, and life satisfaction were shown to have a positive association as a consequence of the analysis, whereas no significant relationships were discovered in the other dimensions. Work- personal life enhancement, one of the sub-dimensions of work-life balance, has also been shown to have a favorable impact on life satisfaction. The study's novelty stems from the fact that there is little research on the work-life balance and life satisfaction of tourism workers in the literature.

Keywords

Work-life balance, life satisfaction, hotel employees, Antalya

Çalışanların İş-Yaşam Dengesinin Yaşam Doyumuna Etkisi: Otel İşletmelerinde Bir Uygulama

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, iş-yaşam dengesinin çalışanların yaşam doyumuna etkilerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Anket tekniğinin kullanıldığı çalışma, Antalya’nın Manavgat ilçesinde bulunan 5 yıldızlı otel işletmelerindeki 307 çalışan üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Hayman’ın (2005) İş-Yaşam Dengesi Ölçeği ve Diener vd.’nin (1985) Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeğinden elde edilen verilerin analizinde güvenirlik, faktör ve regresyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Analizler sonucunda, iş-yaşam dengesi ölçeğinin alt boyutu olan iş-yaşam gelişimi ile yaşam doyumu arasında pozitif bir ilişki tespit edilirken, diğer boyutlarda anlamlı ilişkiler saptanamamıştır. Ayrıca, iş-yaşam dengesi alt boyutlarından iş-yaşam gelişiminin yaşam doyumunu pozitif yönde etkilediği de görülmüştür. Literatürde turizm çalışanlarının iş-yaşam dengesi ve yaşam doyumunu birlikte ele alan sınırlı sayıda çalışmaya rastlanmış olması, bu araştırmaya özgünlük katmaktadır.

Keywords

İş-yaşam dengesi, Yaşam doyumu, Otel çalışanları, Antalya

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