An international evaluation of work-family balance: Validation of the work-family balance measure and theoretical model

工作和家庭失衡每年给澳大利亚造成80亿美元的损失，原因是员工缺勤、人员流动率和医疗成本。通过聘请两名澳大利亚专家和三名国际专家，该项目将调查工作和家庭平衡的长期过程，确定有效的就业政策，并制定新的平衡措施，供行业和政府使用。这将改善澳大利亚工薪阶层的健康状况、个人满意度和就业选择，从而提高工业生产率。这项研究涉及第二个国家研究优先事项：促进和保持良好健康。对知识的相应贡献将直接有利于澳大利亚在全球学术界的地位。

Work-family imbalance costs Australia $8 billion per annum, via staff absenteeism, turnover, and health costs. By employing two Australian and three international experts, this project will investigate the long-term process of work-family balance, identify effective employment policies, and produce a new balance measure for use by industry and government. This will lead to improved health, personal satisfaction and employment choices for working Australians, and hence higher productivity for industry. The research addresses the second national research priority: promoting and maintaining good health. The consequential contributions to knowledge will directly benefit Australia's regard within the global academic community.