THE IMPACT OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT LEADING TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDER IN SRI LANKA

Abstract

Work life balance has become one of major issues that many people around the world are currently dealing with in today’s dynamic corporate environment. Maintaining work life balance is a matter that is increasingly acknowledged as being significant to individuals and of strategic importance to organizations. Lack of work life balance also negatively impacts the chances of success for their employer in numerous ways. The primary objective of this study is to identify the impact of work life balance on employee performance at ABC PLC. Additionally, it is important to determine whether the employee performance (EP) increases through enhancing proper work life balance (WLB). The research’s intended audience consists of well experienced both executive level and non-executive level workers at ABC PLC in network department. This investigation area is used stratified sampling method considering whether the employees are executive or non-executive (sample size: 60). Through the use of questionnaire, data were collected. In this study, the data were analyzed through IBM SPSS software to find out the relationship between variables. The findings of the study show that there is a strong relationship among Work-centered WLB, Family-centered WLB and employee performance. All these relationships are positive and have significant levels. The research findings prove that better work life balance of the employees leads to increased employee performance.