National culture, work-life balance and employee well-being in European tourism firms: the moderating effect of uncertainty avoidance values
The competitive advantage of companies rests upon work attitudes and the behavior of their employees. Work-life balance initiatives are considered to be an important antecedent of employees’ wellbeing, and thus a factor that highly conditions employees’ work attitudes and behavior. This study exp...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURS
2015-01-01
|
| Series: | Tourism & Management Studies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/758/1265 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | The competitive advantage of companies rests upon work attitudes
and the behavior of their employees. Work-life balance initiatives
are considered to be an important antecedent of employees’ wellbeing, and thus a factor that highly conditions employees’ work
attitudes and behavior. This study explores these relationships in
the tourism industry, where hotels and restaurants offer day and
night services that could harm work-life balance. Also, in the
tourism industry, the national diversity of employees is
continuously rising as a result of the increasing movement of
people across borders. According to cross-cultural studies,
differences in cultural dimensions (e.g., uncertainty avoidance)
cause an impact on work-related variables. Thus, people’s need for
work-life balance may depend on their national cultures, which is
why the moderating effect of national culture is under study. The
empirical analysis carried out on a sample of 745 employees in
tourism firms located in 17 European countries confirms the
moderating role of national culture on the effect that human
resource practices regarding work-life balance have on employees’
well-being at work. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2182-8466 |