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Work-Life Balance Score
Employee perception of work-life balance
How it’s computed
AVG(wlb_rating)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“For many employees, work-life effectiveness means being able to take care of child-care or elder-care needs while working; for some, it’s having the time to take care of their own or a family member’s medical needs; for others, it’s the ability to go to the gym when they want…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 58%
“What Work/Life Effectiveness IsWork/life effectiveness refers to the intersection of self (the worker), career (work), family, and community (Figure 41.1 ). [image "Images" file=Image00116.jpg] Figure 41.1 Work/life effectiveness model. Workplace is seldom as static as the word…”
— The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)match 55%
“This is juxtaposed on the perspective of employers about the status of their work/life initiatives (“National Study of Employers,” the most recent report published in April 2014). What Work/Life KnowsThe confluence of three important research efforts has empirically defined…”
— The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)match 54%
Resources: Worldatwork Handbook Compensation · The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)