Work-life Balance and Employee Performance: A study of Female Academic Staff of the University of Jos

Gambo Nanven Jephthah, Echu Sunny Godwin, Tongshakap Gyang Dafeng, Olubayo John Popoola and Yusuf Yunana Pindar
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Gambo Nanven Jephthah: Department of Business Administration, University of Jos. Nigeria
Echu Sunny Godwin: Department of Business Administration, University of Jos. Nigeria
Tongshakap Gyang Dafeng: Department of management Studies, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria
Olubayo John Popoola: Department of Business Administration, University of Jos. Nigeria
Yusuf Yunana Pindar: Department of Business Administration, University of Jos. Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 06, issue 02, 312-323

Abstract: The notion that paid work and personal life are competing priorities rather than complementary element has called for this research. A healthy work-life balance assumes great significance for working women particularly in the current context in which both, the family and the workplace have posed several challenges and problems for women. The objective of the study was to examine the effect of work-life balance on employees’ performance of female academic staff of university of Jos, thus, structured questionnaire was used to obtain data for about 210 participants. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 26. The findings of the study revealed that flexible working schedule, family leave program, and social life has no significant relationship with employee performance. The study found out that employee assistance program has positive significant effect on employee performance of female academic staff of the University of Jos. The study recommended that the University provides work-life balance arrangements to be enforced by government legislations that will statutorily empower employees to request for a typical work patterns, that the awareness of universities be raised to the advantages of protecting workers’ rights to various leave initiatives that will improve employee wellbeing and managerial training to ensure managerial support for the demands of these policies

Date: 2022
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