부산대학교 도서관

This research was conducted to identify factors that affect work–life balance and happiness among married working couples with a double income. To this end, a survey was administered to 260 married working couples in the Seoul metropolitan region. The analysis of the survey responses using the SPSS (Ver. 21) program yielded several important results. First, the variables that significantly affected work–family balance included the number of family dinners eaten together, meaning of life, efforts to strike a work–life balance, and the availability of social institutions and policies that promote work–life balance. Variables that significantly affected work–leisure balance included meaning of life, number of family dinners eaten together, gender, and the availability of social institutions and policies that promote work–leisure balance. As for work–growth balance, significant variables included meaning of life, communication with colleagues, income, and meaning of work. Finally, variables that significantly affected happiness included meaning of life, income, communication with colleagues, and work–growth balance. Based on these results, follow-up research needs to be conducted on various groups to help determine the factors that will ensure their work–life balance and happiness.