Determinants of work life balance: special reference to female teachers in Akkaraipattu educational zone in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Work Life Balance (WLB) is an applicable problem in the evolving the world which gained noticeable attention of numerous researchers and scholars. Also, still is a rolling an unsolved problem among employers and employees, especially among women. The study aims to investigate the determinants of WLB of female teachers. Emotional intelligence (EI), job stress (JS), and technology advancement (TA) were selected for the study from the literature review. 186 teachers were selected as sample size through simple random sampling and a structured questionnaire was used to collect data from these respondents. Out of 186 samples, 143 respondents were responded and used for the analysis. The outcomes revealed there is a strong positive association between EI and WLB and TA and WLB, medium negative correlation between JS and WLB. Further multiple regression analysis disclosed that 73% of total variation of WLB explained by EI, JS and TA. The results of the study provide a better and more important understanding of WLB and the significance of improving the WLB of female teachers and other female workers as well. Furthermore, the recommendation of the study would be to enlighten the female teachers, other female workers, and managers to accomplish the WLB all the way through the successful organization of these three factors.