Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of Emotional Intelligence on
Work-Life Balance and Employee Behavior of Production Employees at Selected
manufacturing company in Colombo District. A standardized questionnaire was employed to
gather primary data from a sample of 248 production employees, utilizing convenience
sampling for the selection of participants. Correlation analysis and simple regression analysis
were used to measure relationships and to test the advanced hypotheses of the study by using
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 26). Furthermore, employee behavior suggests
a mediating and moderating relationship between EI and work-life balance. As a moderator,
employee behavior can influence the strength or direction of the relationship between
emotional intelligence and work-life balance. As a mediator Employee behavior can help
explain the relationship between emotional intelligence and work-life balance, providing
insight into how certain factors influence employee actions. Thus, the paper presents a
mediation model that depicts the relationships of these variables. It builds an integrated model
that will help theorists and researchers expand the literature on work-related well-being and
assist organizations in designing their HR policies and practices. The results indicate that
emotional intelligence has significant direct effects on employee work- life balance. While
there is an insignificant impact of employee behavior as a mediator on the relationship
between emotional intelligence and work-life balance. Management can take necessary
actionsto enhance the EI of their employees so that it will help them to have a proper work-life
balance. Management needs to focus on the level of EI of their employees to enrich work-life
balance to achieve higher level of productivity, commitment, and involvement.
