Abstract:
Work-Life Balance (WLB) is generally associated with equilibrium between the amount of time and effort somebody devotes to work, family, and personal activities in order to maintain an overall sense of harmony in life. Employe1e performance is the extent to which an employee executes his/her set work tasks, duties and responsibilities to the level of expectation set out by the management. This paper explores Work-Life Balance and Employee Job Performance (EJP) with the main objective of identifying the impact of Work-Life Balance on Employee Job Perf3ormance. This study is referred to the Offshore Operations Office of a private UK Higher Education Institute based in Sri Lanka. Personal Engagement (PE), Family Engagement4 (FE) and Work Engagement (WE) were identified as the main independent constructs of the study while the dependent construct as Employee Job Performance. A sample of one hundred and fifty employees were selected from the organization, and data for the study was collected from the sample through the means of a questionnaire. The collected data was analysed through correlation and regression analyses. The findings of the research determined that Work-Life Balance positively impacts on Employee Job Performance while Work Engagement was highlighted as the most prominent factor affecting employee job performance.
