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12 - Applying Whole-Life Perspective in Decision-Making

from Part III - Cognition-Based Personal Interventions of Work-Life Balance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2023

M. Joseph Sirgy  and
Dong-Jin Lee
M. Joseph Sirgy
Affiliation:
Virginia Tech
Dong-Jin Lee
Affiliation:
Yonsei University
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Summary

This chapter describes a personal intervention of work-life balance referred to as whole-life perspective — an approach to decision-making that considers possible consequences in work and nonwork life domains. The whole-life perspective in decision-making is implemented in terms of (1) evoking multiple identities in work-life decisions, (2) framing work-life decisions broadly, and (3) applying broadened rules to guide work-life decisions. We also discuss how instructors can use these three whole-life perspective principles to train employees to achieve greater work-life balance.

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work-life balancewhole-life perspectivedecision-makingmultiple identitieswork-life decisionframingdecision rulespersonal interventions
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Work-Life Balance
HR Training for Employee Personal Interventions
 , pp. 140 - 152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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