Work-life balance and job satisfaction: study among the academics of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka

Abstract

Work life Balance (WLB) is becomes unique vocabulary in Human Resources Management (HRM), and it has turn into a top priority for workers in every workplace. In other side Job Satisfaction (JS) is an ultimate key outcome in every job and it would be the biggest expectation from employees’ side. WLB and the JS are like a two side of a coin. Moreover, the employees who are satisfied with their personal and professional life balance are strengthened, passionate and enthusiastic to their work. Therefore, the intention of this study is to inspect the influence of WLB on JS. This research included 190 academic staff of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL) as the population. Since the size of the population was small, the population study method was taken on this study. In order to receive required data, standard questionnaire was utilized to create in Google form and sent via E-mail to academic staff of SEUSL. Researchers used SPSS 26.0 software to analyze the gathered data. The findings of the research provide a better and thoughtful understanding of the significance of WLB and JS. As a result of the proper balance between personal and professional life will lead to the JS among these academic staff. Nevertheless, upcoming examiners can recreate this research work with a massive amount of sample scope with regard to other private and state universities and educational institutions as well. In addition to that, the recommendations of the study could be helpful to strengthen and boost the WLB among academic staff of SEUSL.