Work-Life Balance, Employee Wellbeing and Job Performance in the COVID-19 Era.
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2024
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Human resources play an important role in the successful achievement of organizational goals through individual job performance. There had been decreased employee job performance in both public and nonpublic sectors which resulted in increased employee turnover rate. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between work-life balance, employee well-being and job performance among employees of NGO’s in Arua District. This was made possible by: examining the relationship between work-life balance and job performance; and investigating the relationship between employee well-being and job performance among the employees of NGO’s in Arua district. The study was influenced by compensation theory and the role-balance theory. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design and had a population of 28 NGOs, in which a census was carried out in the entire population. The researcher issued 196 questionnaires to study participants and received responses from154 of them, giving a response rate of 78.6%. The data was collected using questionnaire and was analyzed using SPSS version 25. Pearson correlation was used to estimate the degree of association between each of the independent variable and the dependent variable. Regression analysis was used to determine the degree of the relationship among work-life balance, employee well-being and job performance in NGOs in Arua district. The findings revealed significant positive correlations between: work-life balance and job performance (r= .326, p≤ 0.01); and employee well-being and job performance (r=.448, p≤ 0.01). The regression analysis also showed that work-life balance and employee well-being predicted only 201.1% of the observed variance in job performance. This implied that there were other predictors of job performance that needed to be investigated. The study recommended that NGOs should encourage work-life balance as this will consequently improve employee job performance of employees. Accordingly, more attention should be given to work-life balance elements which are known to impact job performance. These elements are work roles, carrier satisfaction and family satisfaction. Besides, managers should provide their employees with opportunities to use their full potential, which will increase employees’ sense of autonomy and overall well-being. This way, they can contribute to developing a workforce that is committed to their organizations and will have better job performance.
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A Dissertation Submitted to Makerere University Business School (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research) in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Degree of Human Resource Management of Makerere University. (PLAN A).
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Emily, G (2024) Work-Life Balance, Employee Wellbeing and Job Performance in the COVID-19 Era : A Case of Non Governmental Organizations in Arua District. Unpublished Masters Dissertation Makerere University Business School. Kampala, Uganda.