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Work-life Balance: What Does It Mean and How Do We Achieve It?


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Do I feel positive about my work and life roles? Do I feel effective and sufficiently involved in them? Do I feel like they fit together?

According to Professor Laurent Lapierre of the Telfer School of Management, answering these questions can help us determine whether or not we are achieving work-life balance.

So how do we avoid role incompatibility when the COVID-19 pandemic has forced our work and home lives to collide?

According to Telfer Professor Jane O’Reilly, who specializes in organizational behaviour and human resource management, work-life balance is all about finding ways to effectively and simultaneously attain our personal work and home goals.

Read the full press release.

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