WORK LIFE BALANCE AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

In today’s competitive world, work life balance has become a predominant issue in the workplace. Work-family conflict presents unfavorable consequences such as stress, job dissatisfaction and low performance. The study explores the effect of work life balance on employee engagement of Deposit Money Banks in Anambra State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted and a population of 275 was used from three notable banks branches located in Onitsha, Awka and Nnewi. Taro Yamane formula was used to determine a sample of 163. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire. Bio data of respondents were presented using simple frequency and percentage tables while Hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The result revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between work scheduling and cognitive engagement of employees; and between leave policy and employee social engagement. The study therefore concluded that balancing work and family life of employees such as leave practice, and work scheduling significantly attracts employee engagement. Therefore, the study recommended that leave policy should be reviewed to grant leave practice to all members of the organization rather than pregnant and nursing mothers.