Cognicia
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): Maret

Work-life balance di era new normal pada pekerja wanita

Lintar Niendhya Milleniva (Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Tri Muji Ingarianti (Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Nandy Agustin Syakarofath (Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Mar 2023

Abstract

New normal has changed the way people live and work which has an impact on work and family life, especially female workers who are considered to be the most experiencing difficulties in work-life balance which can cause problems with work-life balance. The purpose of this study is to show 1) a description of the views or perceptions of female workers regarding work-life balance, 2) the psychological dynamics of female workers in balancing work-life in WFH and WFO situations, 3) the problems faced by female workers both internally and externally in achieving life balance. work in the new normal era, 4)  adaptation of female workers to WFH and WFO situations and 5) strategies used to achieve  work-life balance in the new normal . This study uses qualitative method with  phenomenological approach. The subjects of this study were 5 female workers who were taken by snowball sampling technique using qualitative analysis using the Miles and Huberman models. The results show that female workers view work-life balance in the new normal as a positive thing. In work-life balance tends to have a negative impact on psychology. Post-pandemic changes (new normal) make female workers have to do multitasking resulting in problems in work-life balance. Adapting to WFH and WFO situations of female workers feel positive in work-life balance, which both internally and externally are very supportive to achieve work-life balance. The results of the above study also explain that female workers have effective strategies in work-life balance. Keywords: Female workers, new normal, work-life balance

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Journal Info

Abbrev

cognicia

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Neuroscience Social Sciences

Description

The scope and the focus of the journal is conceptual proposal and empirical studies in many aspects of cognitive psychology (motivation, cognition and metacognition) with the application in various field such Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, ...