ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMPLOYEE WORK LIFE BALANCE OF SENIOR ENGINEERS IN A SELECTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN SRI LANKA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine and determine the organizational factors contributing to employee work-life balance of senior engineers in a selected software development organization in Sri Lanka. The main objectives of the study consist of determining the organizational factors contributing to employee work life, understanding the relationship and impact of those factors to overall employee work-life balance and to make recommendations and strategies to adapt by the organization. Based on the literature review, four independent variables have been identified which includes job stress, organizational support, workload and the nature of work. The study collects the data by using the questionnaire technique and selects the sample size as 86 senior engineers. The hypothesis validation was carried out using Pearson correlation, Regression analysis from SPSS 19.0 tool. The research findings indicate that organizational support has the highest contribution to employee work-life balance. Workload and nature of work also hold a relationship to employee work-life balance, whereas job stress does not claim a relationship with employee work-life balance. This study will help organizations and managers to further enhance employee work-life balance via various HR strategies and thereby overcome the turnover rate of the employees. This study could be further continued with a larger sample and several other dimensions with some qualitative survey methods.