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| Work-life balance is a person's ability to handle the demands of various roles. |
Work-life stress has a negative effect on employee productivity. According to Linda Duxbury et al.'s An Examination of the Implications and Costs of Work-Life Conflict in Canada (1999), how a worker resolves or handles stress is based on several factors. These include:
- Gender
Though they may adopt similar means to address work-life conflicts, Duxbury and colleagues (1999) that men and women have difference when dealing with work-life issues. Women, for instance, tend to be emotional, while men get physically ill when stressed.
The researchers add that the socialization process has an impact on individual responses to work-life stress. For women employees, this could mean doing domestic and caregiving tasks, as well as performing jobs with little control. Thus, gender stereotypes can affect the source of stress for women (and men).
