Understanding triangulated collaboration of work-life balance, personality traits and eudaimonic well-being

  • Received December 17, 2018;
    Accepted March 25, 2019;
    Published April 23, 2019
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(2).2019.05
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    Volume 17 2019, Issue #2, pp. 63-82
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This paper aims to understand the relationship between personality traits, work-life balance (WLB) and eudaimonic well-being (EWB) among individuals in education sector. It is hypothesized that big five personality traits are positively related to different components of WLB and further components of WLB are positively related to different components of EWB. Data were collected from 504 business school teachers through a structured questionnaire from national capital region (NCR) of India. Analysis is done using structural equation modeling. The result indicate that big five personality traits influence all the dimensions of WLB and, hence, are important predictor variables. Finding also suggests that work interference with personal life and health dimensions of WLB significantly impacts EWB. Whereas personal life interference with work and work personal life enhancement dimension of WLB were found to have significant impact on some dimensions of EWB, the outcomes have practical implication in dispositional job design, developing supportive policies, work-life culture and eudaimonia oriented interface for maximizing individual and organizational outcomes. The study reflects towards work-life balance in a novel socio-cultural context and promotes possibility of the mediating role of WLB to the relationships between personality traits and EWB.

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    • Figure 1. Structural model of interrelationship of components of WLB with big five personality traits and EWB
    • Table 1. Reliability analysis
    • Table 2. Regression weights
    • Table 3. Regression weights
    • Table 4. Regression weights
    • Table 5. SEM analysis
    • Table 6. SEM results for impact of openness to experience traits on components of WLB
    • Table 7. SEM results for impact of conscientiousness on components of WLB
    • Table 8. SEM results for impact of extraversion on components of WLB
    • Table 9. SEM results for impact of agreeableness on components of WLB
    • Table 10. SEM results for impact of neuroticism on components of WLB
    • Table 11. SEM results for impact of PLIW on components of EWB
    • Table 12. SEM results for impact of health on components of EWB
    • Table 13. SEM results for impact of WIPL on components of EWB
    • Table 14. SEM results for impact of WPLE on components of EWB