Abstract
The article is the result of the desk research on time spent by Polish people at work and the different kinds of out-of-work activities undertaken by them. The author’s deliberations follow the philosophy of balancing employee needs and promoting work-life balance. The paper includes promotion of the idea of the harmonious growth in all areas of an individual’s functioning and activity, as well as the satisfaction of his/her physical and psychological needs. The purpose of the study was to analyse the interactions between work and out-of-work activity in the context of the mutual enrichment of work and personal life. As results from the conducted analyses, the practical implementation of the work-life enrichment idea into organizational behaviours could guarantee high quality of life with no harm to the society, environment or economy.
Highlights
Sustainable human capital development is a complex concept, comprising human activities in many spheres of life, both at the micro- and macro-economic scale
The purpose of the study was to analyse the interactions between work and out-of-work activity in the context of the mutual enrichment of work and personal life
The results were similar both for employees having families and those living on their own. These results can be an argument in favour of the increasingly popular thesis that work-life balance is not limited to harmonious relationships between work and family, but it is a certain state of synergy between the work life and the general out-of-work life of an employee
Summary
Sustainable human capital development is a complex concept, comprising human activities in many spheres of life, both at the micro- and macro-economic scale. From the point of view of an organisation, maintaining a balance between the above-mentioned employee functioning areas enables full exploitation of their potential. In this context, a very important question is that concerning activities supporting employees in sustaining that balance, so that the solutions adopted are both favourable to employees and profitable for their employers. Employees are able to work from different places, not necessarily on the company premises, but rather from home, a café or popular co-working spaces, taking advantage of the possibilities of flexible working time This results in the boundaries between work and personal life becoming more blurred than in the past
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