Work-life balance Twitter insights: A social media analysis before and after COVID-19 pandemic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41110%2F24%3A100593" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41110/24:100593 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)09419-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2405844024094192%3Fshowall%3Dtrue" target="_blank" >https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)09419-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2405844024094192%3Fshowall%3Dtrue</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33388" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33388</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Work-life balance Twitter insights: A social media analysis before and after COVID-19 pandemic

Original language description

This research examines the perceptions of Twitter users regarding the prevalent topics within Work-Life Balance communication before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The pressing questions surrounding current labour market drivers are addressed, particularly regarding the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on communicated themes, particularly in the Human Resource Management field, where Work-Life Balance has emerged as a key concept. Social media platforms like Twitter are pivotal in fostering discussions on Work-Life Balance in society. Over the past decade, Twitter has evolved into a significant research platform researchers utilise in more than ten thousand research articles. The online discourse on Twitter raises awareness of the importance of balancing work and personal life. The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled new facets of Work-Life Balance, with social media as a key platform for discussing these issues. This research uses Social Media Analysis based on the Hashtag Research framework. A total of 1,768,628 tweets from 499,574 users were examined, and frequency, topic, and sentiment analysis were conducted. Pre-pandemic, the most communicated Work-Life Balance topics were performance and time management, while recruitment and employee development were identified post-pandemic. Pre-pandemic, the highest proportion of negative sentiment was time management and mental health prevention, shifting to time, employee development, and mental health prevention post-pandemic. Despite the limitations of our research, a proposed redefinition of the concept is also presented, including a design for an integrated Work-Life Balance model based on topics communicated by Twitter users. Given the need for a more robust approach to redefining the concept and developing an integrative WorkLife Balance model, the article provides fresh insights for future research.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50200 - Economics and Business

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Heliyon

ISSN

2405-8440

e-ISSN

2405-8440

Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

13

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001266512400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85196809113