Examining frontline hotel employees’ perception of work-life balance practices at five star hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Other Title(s)
دراسة عن إدراك عاملي الخط الأمامي بفنادق مدينة شرم الشيخ للتوازن بين متطلبات العمل و حياتهم الشخصية
Author
Source
Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality
Issue
Vol. 15, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.43-48, 6 p.
Publisher
Suez Canal University Faculty of Tourism and Hotels
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hotel's employees are increasingly becoming aware of issues for balancing work and life (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2013).
The lack of better work-life balance is one of the issues employees suffer from (Thogersen, 2005 ; McDonald et al., 2006).
A questionnaire form was used to explore the perception of work– life balance practices among frontline employees at Sharm El-Sheikh hotels.
The questionnaire form comprised seven practices as follows enough time-off from work; work place support of work–life balance; allegiance to work; flexibility of work schedule; life orientation; voluntary reduction of contracted hours to cater for personal needs; upkeep the work and career.
A Mann-Whitney U test, a Kruskal-Wallis test, descriptive analysis, and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the 320 questionnaire forms collected from five-star hotels.
It has been found that older, single employees have more balance between life and job than others.
The results suggested that listening to employees, appreciating their differences and needs providing them with free time and flexibility of work schedule are key factors of positive work-life balance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abbas, Jihan al-Amir. 2018. Examining frontline hotel employees’ perception of work-life balance practices at five star hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality،Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.43-48.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-907018
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abbas, Jihan al-Amir. Examining frontline hotel employees’ perception of work-life balance practices at five star hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality Vol. 15, no. 2 (Dec. 2018), pp.43-48.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-907018
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abbas, Jihan al-Amir. Examining frontline hotel employees’ perception of work-life balance practices at five star hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality. 2018. Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.43-48.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-907018
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 48
Record ID
BIM-907018