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

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorBaşlevent, Cem
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-15T05:22:53Z
dc.date.available2025-03-15T05:22:53Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentBilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractUsing 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.
dc.identifier.endpage76
dc.identifier.issn2146-6173
dc.identifier.issn2791-7991
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage57
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/9652
dc.identifier.volume3
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTürkiye Ekonomi Kurumu Vakfı
dc.relation.ispartofEkonomi-tek
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20250565
dc.subjectLife satisfaction
dc.subjectwork-life conflict
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectEuropean Social Survey
dc.subjectLife satisfaction
dc.subjectwork-life conflict
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectEuropean Social Survey
dc.titleThe Work-Life Conflict and Well-Being of Turkish Employees
dc.title.alternativeThe Work-Life Conflict and Well-Being of Turkish Employees
dc.typeArticle

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