EFFECT OF WORK LIFE BALANCE ON EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA ARBAMINCH TOWN

Abstract

Work life balance (WLB) is an essential topic in both professional business practice and academic study. The objective of this study is to analyze the effect of work life balance on employee job performance in commercial bank of Ethiopia. Data were collected through cross-sectional survey questionnaire from 130 bank employees and the respondents were selected by using simple random sampling method. Explanatory research design was used. This study used quantitative data type which is collected through questionnaires. Besides, the study used statistical tools for the study such as correlation coefficient and regression analysis for knowing the effect of one variable on to other. The findings suggest that two of work life balance dimensions i.e., family responsibility and work over load found to be inversely related with job performance. And also the three work life balances dimensions indicate that welfare policy, leave policy and flexible work arrangement have a positive relation with job performance. The results supported past literatures and revealed that relationship exists between variable of work life balance and job performance. Further, it revealed that job performance of employees is affected by the imbalance between work and non-work responsibility. This research can be beneficial for the banking sector to improve their work life balance policies and benefit program by implementing family friendly initiatives such as flex-time, compressed work week ,child care support and elder care support to attract, recruit and retain more capable candidates. Therefore it is essential that human resource departments are responsive to the needs and constantly changing requirements of workforce and the effect of environmental issues in order to improve programs and policies of work life balance like locally attainable flexible work time arrangements.