IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS TO THE WORK LIFE BALANCE OF ACADEMICS: EVIDENCE FROM A SRI LANKAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Work life balance refers to practices at the workplace that appreciate and support the needs of employees in achieving a balance between the demands of their work and their personal life. Work life balance of academics is different to other areas of employment and not always how it is perceived. The modern academic has to consider the priorities of teaching, research and administration, working long hours. Many academics suffer from imposter syndrome and increasingly feel under pressure to deliver excellence in everything they do. This study intended to analyze the organizational level factors that affect work life balance of academics in a selected Faculty of a University. There were three objectives of the study. They were to identify the organizational level factors for academics to achieve work life balance; to find out the relationship between factors and work life balance of academics; and to understand the reasons for work life balance of academics. Using simple random technique, 100 members were chosen among 150 academics in the selected faculty. There was a positive relationship of work environment, leadership style and employee benefits with work life balance of academics in the selected faculty of the university.