Work Life Balance and Employees’ Work Performance in Sumal Food Limited, Ibadan

Abstract

Employee’s work life balance is an indispensable phenomenon that is of serious concern globally, not only to the employees, but also to a number of employers in both the private and public sectors as this is a key driver in the organization that craves for prompt achievement of its set goals and the realization of the predetermined objectives through work performance of its staff. The study examines the effect of work life balance on the employee’s job performance in the Sumal foods limited, Ibadan, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was adopted for the study with the administration of structured questionnaire on the respondents. This was to elicit the required information. The descriptive statistics utilized for the study comprised simple percentages and tables, while inferential statistics used were regression and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The findings of the study showed that work life balance exerts significant and positive effect on employees’ work performance (R=.342, R2 = .117, F= 8.617, p<.05) in Sumal foods. The study concluded that there is a meaningful relationship between work life balance and employees’ job performance in the organization. The study therefore recommends introduction of work life balance policies that are capable of helping the organization to gain competitive edge through offer of professional schemes that focus on adequate skills on how to handle job related challenges to the employees of the company.