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Work-life balance is a broad concept including proper prioritizing between career and ambition on one hand, compared with pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development on the other.
As the separation between work and home life has diminished, this concept has become more relevant than ever before. Related but broader terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance".
History
The expression was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individuals work and personal life.Publication in: New Ways to Work and the Working Mothers Association in the United Kingdom
In the United States, this phrase was first used in 1986.
Over the past twenty-five years, there has been a substantial increase in work which is felt to be due, in part, by information technology and by an intense, competitive work environment. Long-term loyalty and a "sense of corporate community" have been eroded by a performance culture that expects more and more from their employees yet offers little security in return.
Many experts predicted that technology would eliminate most household chores and provide people with much more time to enjoy leisure activities; but many ignore this option, encouraged by prevailing consumerist culture and a political agenda that has "elevated the work ethic to unprecedented heights and thereby reinforced the low value and worth attached to parenting".
In her recent book, "Willing Slaves – How the Overwork Culture is Ruling our Lives", Madeleine Bunting stated that from 1977 to 1997 Americans working full time have increased their average working hours from 43.6 hours to 47.1 hours each week. (This does not include time required to travel to and from their places of business).
Many Americans are experiencing burnout due to overwork and increased stress. This condition is seen in nearly all occupations from blue collar workers to upper management. Over the past decade, a rise in workplace read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-life+balance
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