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Work From Home (WFH) and Its Impact on Work-Life Balance (WLB) and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Saudi Working Women

Work From Home (WFH) and Its Impact on Work-Life Balance (WLB) and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Saudi Working Women

Areej Abdulrahman Alarifi, Sami A. Khan
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781668451519|ISBN10: 1668451514|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668451526|EISBN13: 9781668451533
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5151-9.ch008
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Alarifi, Areej Abdulrahman, and Sami A. Khan. "Work From Home (WFH) and Its Impact on Work-Life Balance (WLB) and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Saudi Working Women." Global Perspectives on Maintaining Gender, Age, and Religious Diversity in the Workplace, edited by Kakul Agha and Mireia Las Heras Maestro, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 137-164. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5151-9.ch008

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Alarifi, A. A. & Khan, S. A. (2022). Work From Home (WFH) and Its Impact on Work-Life Balance (WLB) and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Saudi Working Women. In K. Agha & M. Maestro (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Maintaining Gender, Age, and Religious Diversity in the Workplace (pp. 137-164). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5151-9.ch008

Chicago

Alarifi, Areej Abdulrahman, and Sami A. Khan. "Work From Home (WFH) and Its Impact on Work-Life Balance (WLB) and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Saudi Working Women." In Global Perspectives on Maintaining Gender, Age, and Religious Diversity in the Workplace, edited by Kakul Agha and Mireia Las Heras Maestro, 137-164. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5151-9.ch008

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Abstract

COVID-19 has redefined flexible working arrangements. Work from home (WFH) has emerged as a reality, and most of the organizations in Saudi Arabia also adopted WFH, allowing employees to work from home or other locations. This research explores WFH and its impact on the wellbeing and the work family reconciliation of female workers in Saudi Arabia. This is a case study based on the unstructured in-depth interview of 13 women workers employed in the public and private sector in Saudi Arabia in the last two years. The study concluded that work from home has improved the overall wellbeing of the women workers because of the flexibility and freedom this type of work arrangement is offering. The women workers had better work-life balance (WLB) despite having higher level of stress and working longer hours.

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