Talk:Work–life interface/Archives/2012

Break it up
Some of the sections in this article are pretty long. Subheadings would help make it more clear. TWCarlson (talk) 21:40, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

There are balances in everything
Example

The balance of cold and warm air creats the area —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.161.165.148 (talk) 09:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Is this notable?
All my sympathy, but, are these sentences below necessary? If we were to include everyone in world history who has taken time off to "rest and recover", then I think this article would be very long. Mikael Häggström (talk) 18:15, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

''One example of the effects of work-related stress is exhibited in the life of Barbara Agoglia as recounted in Forbes. Ms. Agoglia was a director in American Express' small business unit. After working more than fifty hours each week, as well as driving a ninety minute commute each day, she was on the brink of burnout. The "breaking point" came when her son started school and she didn't have the time to wait with him at his bus stop. She compared her life to "the hamster-on-the-wheel" and felt that her only option was to quit her job.

Another example is demonstrated by a Harvard University president, Neil Rudenstine, leaving his position for two months in order to have a time of "rest and recovery". 

We need concrete examples, otherwise the article would limit to vague bullshit. No need to replace them until we have many to choose among.--Sum (talk) 21:07, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, sure wouldn't want this article to devolve into vague bullshit. 184.60.12.196 (talk) 04:42, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Further Research
I have done some research on this subject but obviously I can't put it in to the links myself. Can somebody look at it and see if they think it's worth including? This is the link to my website: http://www.virtualbalance.co.uk/research/ Ruth Billheimer (talk) 10:20, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Ruth! Has the research that you have done, been reviewed by any scientist? As you state yourself, your group is random and self-selected, which is a problem. And I don't understand what you mean when you write that it is statistically significant. How can a group be statistically significant? Maybe you mean that some of your results are statistically significant, but which ones and at what levels of significance?  Lova Falk     talk   11:11, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Ruth, I've taken this article out of the requested edits list until Lova Falk's concerns have been addressed. Feel free to restore it by removing the  before the template name. twilsonb (talk) 14:25, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Pruning needed
Removing irrelevant information would really help. The article now reads like a mix of random research results, some of them really off topic. Things like: "In the United States, this phrase was first used in 1986." (Should we write about the first usage in Japan, China or any else country? No.) and "The average tenure of presidents at land-grant universities in the past ten years has dropped from approximately seven to three-and-a-half years." (University president is not too common, neither statistically interesting occupation.) As SummerWithMorons said, we need some examples. But there is almost nothing but examples in the article now.

There is also too much USA-centric text. The theme may be mostly read by Americans, but this is the reason why there is a separate article for them. Let's cover the topic worldwide in this article.

I would like to hear other opinions before removing any content.

--Šedý (talk) 10:58, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Gender differences regarding work-life balance section
This doesn't say anything about differences; it just says that women find it hard to return to work after prolonged absences, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with balance. The section needs to be recontextualised. Mnealon (talk) 17:30, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Global differences
There is a section at the end of the European bit saying,

"It is critical to mention that cultural factors influence why and how much we work. As stated by Jeremy Reynolds, “cultural norms may encourage work as an end in itself or as a means to acquiring other things, including consumer products.” This might be why Americans are bound to work more than people in other countries. In general, Americans always want more and more, so Americans need to work more in order to have the money to spend on these consumer products."

This doesn't seem to fit here, especially as it is in the European section.Horn.imh (talk) 21:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Life vs lifestyle
Both of these terms are confusing. Work is part of life. Also, if lifestyle would be meant, the concept would be called work-lifestyle balance. Some people, especially CEOs, enjoy their work over "leisure time". Workaholism can be a part of someone's lifestyle. Therefore, this whole concept sounds like something only hippies could come up with, and the idea behind the concept is that there should be less work and more leisure time. --Hartz (talk) 00:21, 23 November 2012 (UTC)