Meta-Synthesis of Work-Life Balance Models

Work has always been one of the most controversial and important human concerns for meeting individual needs, the development and promotion of organizations, and human social excellence. This study aims at identifying the dimensions and components of work-life balance models based on the researches already carried out in this field. Using the meta-synthesized method, it has reviewed the researches already conducted on the research topic in a framework and has analyzed the results. For this purpose, by referring to the reliable documents available on electronic sites between 1963 and 2020, from the initial articles which were identified, 38 sources that had the most qualitative relationship with the subject of research were carefully examined.  Then, through summarizing different theories and theoretical saturation of them, 845 codes were extracted and after monitoring the codes, they were categorized in 29 different categories. In order to analyze the final papers, the constituent concepts and themes, effective components and dimensions were extracted.The results of this study in terms of dimensions: positive and negative; components: background (individual potential, family support, etc); outcome: (job satisfaction, personal satisfaction, etc); and strategy: (organizational support, social factors, etc) have been classified and presented.