THE IMPACT OF WORK LIFE BALANCE ON EMPLOYEES' JOB SATISFACTION: A STUDY OF EXECUTIVE LEVEL EMPLOYEES IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY, SRI LANKA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of work life balance (in the form of Flexible Working Arrangement, Job Sharing, Employee Brake/Leave, Employee Assistant Program) on Employees’ Job Satisfaction of employees who work in a well-reputed apparel sector organizations in Sri Lanka. The results of the study provide empirical evidence that the four dimensions and the overall Employee work life balance have a significantly positive impact on Job Satisfaction. This was conducted as a quantitative and cross-sectional study. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire using a simple random sampling technique. Correlation analysis and simple regression analysis were used to measure the relationship and to test the advanced hypotheses of the study by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The analyzed results show there is a significant positive impact on Employee Work life Balance from Flexible working arrangement, Job sharing, Employee brake/leave and Employee assistant program separately while ensuring a significantly positive relationship between overall independent and dependent variables. The results indicate that fair perceptions, particularly those derived from Flexible working arrangement, Job sharing, Employee brake/leave and Employee assistant program are critical in predicting the occurrence of employees’ job satisfaction. Therefore, managers should pay high attention to how they treat their employees in a fair manner because employees’ work life balance will affect the occurrence of their job satisfaction.