IMPACT OF WORK LIFE BALANCE ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: AN ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA.

Abstract

This study examined the impact of work life balance on employee
productivity/performance of selected deposit money banks in North Central Nigeria. the
study adopted a survey design approach to examines the impact of work life balance on
employee productivity/performance. This study's population is made up of all the
employees of 14 deposit money banks in North Central Nigeria. However, in order to
ensure that the responses obtained were reliable and representative of the subject matter,
the sampled population was restricted to managers, account officers and heads of
operations of the selected 14 deposit money banks in North Central Nigeria. Random
sampling technique was used to select a total number of 35 managers, account officers
and heads of operations of the selected 14 deposit money banks in North Central
Nigeria. the result shows that, flexi time has a positive and significant impact on
employee performance of selected deposit money banks in North Central Nigeria. The
result also shows that job sharing has a negative and insignificant impact on employee
productivity/performance of selected deposit money banks in North Central Nigeria.
The same thing with telework, it also shows a negative and insignificant impact on
performance. on that basis, it is therefore concluded that work life balance has a is
significant impact on employee productivity/performance of selected deposit money
banks in North Central Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that banks should implement
work-life balance programs to employee productivity/performance of selected deposit
money banks in North Central Nigeria.