Evaluating and Ranking Prerequisites of Work-Life Balance in a Public Organization

Background and Objective: The ability to play an effective and balanced role in work and life lays the proper foundations for maintaining physical and mental health and improving individual and organizational performance. This study aimed to identify and prioritize individual and organizational obstacles to the work-life balance. Methodology: This is an applied-descriptive survey, in which the statistical population included 705 employees working at a public organization in Tehran. The random sampling method was employed to selected 248 employees as the statistical sample, and a research-made questionnaire was used for data collection. The statistical tests of confirmatory factor analysis and population mean were conducted to analyze data in LISREL and SPSS. Findings: A literature review resulted in the identification of 15 individual and familial obstacles and 15 organizational obstacles, the explanatory roles of which were confirmed and classified as individual and organizational classes to analyze their status in the statistical population and rank their obstacles. Out of the identified factors, 5 individual and 8 organizational factors classified as the work-life balance obstacles, the most important of which were insufficient income and occupational stress. Conclusion: Providing the proper foundations for the work-life balance in the lives of employees can result in many individual and organizational achievements.