The impact of continuous connectivity on work-life balance

Abstract

In today’s organizational environment, work-life balance has become an essential component of motivational management strategies. In an increasingly competitive organizational environment, continuous activity at a sustained pace becomes a certain reality, especially in the context where ensuring the balance between professional and personal life becomes a major challenge for motivational management.

This paper is an analysis of the impact of continuous activity and extended work hours on employee motivation and satisfaction, but also how organizations can support this balance through various means of rewards. Work stress, well-being, zest for life, burnout, etc., are just a few of the terms introduced into the current vocabulary of employees in recent times.

The perception of this fine balance between professional and personal life is individual, depending on expectations, motivation, the employee’s psychological profile, social factors or family climate.

This balance of private life versus professional life has a major influence on the well-being and performance of the team, and its imbalance can lead to decreased productivity through employee burnout and the appearance of mental health problems or physical exhaustion.