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Work-Life Balance Experiences in Nigeria: Institutional and Sociocultural Perspectives

In: Work-Life Balance in Africa

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  • Chantal Epie

    (Pan-Atlantic University)

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Today, Lagos is the largest, ever-growing urban agglomeration in Africa, notorious for its traffic jams, inadequate road networks and motorist indiscipline, all of which contribute to the difficulties workers experience in the management of their work/nonwork interface. NigeriaNigeria is a multiethnic country, and Lagos is a very cosmopolitan city. This chapter provides an overview of the cultural characteristics of the main ethnic groups. It examines (1) the pressures put on individuals in a society characterised by a strong extended family systemExtended family system (that makes demands as well as provides support) and long commuting hours that add to the stress of long work hours in most formal-sector organisations with the resulting negative impact on employee productivity; and (2) the effort (or sometimes the lack of effort) made by employers to improve both employee productivity and employee wellbeing through policies designed to facilitate the management of the work-life interfaceWork-life interface. Not surprisingly, the COVID-19COVID-19 pandemic experience helped otherwise-reluctant employers to become more flexible in their approach to work hours and make better use of technology.

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  • Chantal Epie, 2023. "Work-Life Balance Experiences in Nigeria: Institutional and Sociocultural Perspectives," Springer Books, in: Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi & Chima Mordi & Olatunji David Adekoya (ed.), Work-Life Balance in Africa, chapter 0, pages 61-85, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-38008-2_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38008-2_4
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