The relationship between work life balance and job performance among working adult students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

The relationship between work life balance and job performance among working adult students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

Job performance is an individual output in terms of quality and quantity expected from every employee in a particular job. Individual performance is most of the determined by motivation and the will and ability to do the job. This study was conducted to find out the effect of work life balance on jo...

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The relationship between work life balance and job performance among working adult students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
description Job performance is an individual output in terms of quality and quantity expected from every employee in a particular job. Individual performance is most of the determined by motivation and the will and ability to do the job. This study was conducted to find out the effect of work life balance on job performance among working adults students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and used quantitative method in determining the relationship between all the independent variables (Work life Balance) and dependent variable (Job Performance). This study involved 146 respondents from Universiti Utara Malaysia. Researcher has distributed 350 sets of questionnaire to the respondents but researcher only received back 146 completed questionnaires. The questionnaire contains of 42 items that have used five point Likert scale. Each hypothesis was tested using Statistics Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16.0. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis namely correlation and regression. 6 hypotheses were formed after performed the inferential analysis was used to determine the relationship between independent variables and dependent variable. Dimensions of work life balance can be divided into six dimensions. They are workload, community, values, rewards, fairness and control. The results of the study showed that that most of the respondents agreed that the two dimensions which are work life (values) and work life balance (control) can increase their performance and productivity. As a conclusion, values and control can give positive effects to the working adults’ students and organization through their good performance and productivity. The findings were discussed and recommendations for further research were also addressed.
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title_short The relationship between work life balance and job performance among working adult students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
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spelling my-uum-etd.40652022-08-03T03:29:59Z The relationship between work life balance and job performance among working adult students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) 2014 Nor Aliza, Ismail Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education Job performance is an individual output in terms of quality and quantity expected from every employee in a particular job. Individual performance is most of the determined by motivation and the will and ability to do the job. This study was conducted to find out the effect of work life balance on job performance among working adults students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and used quantitative method in determining the relationship between all the independent variables (Work life Balance) and dependent variable (Job Performance). This study involved 146 respondents from Universiti Utara Malaysia. Researcher has distributed 350 sets of questionnaire to the respondents but researcher only received back 146 completed questionnaires. The questionnaire contains of 42 items that have used five point Likert scale. Each hypothesis was tested using Statistics Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16.0. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis namely correlation and regression. 6 hypotheses were formed after performed the inferential analysis was used to determine the relationship between independent variables and dependent variable. Dimensions of work life balance can be divided into six dimensions. They are workload, community, values, rewards, fairness and control. The results of the study showed that that most of the respondents agreed that the two dimensions which are work life (values) and work life balance (control) can increase their performance and productivity. As a conclusion, values and control can give positive effects to the working adults’ students and organization through their good performance and productivity. The findings were discussed and recommendations for further research were also addressed. 2014 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/4065/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/4065/1/s810576.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/4065/2/s810576_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Aiken, L.H., Clarke, S.P., Sloane, D. M., Sochalski, J., & Silber, J.H. (2002). Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. Journal of American Medical Association, 288(16), 1987-1993. Allen, T.D. (2001). Family-supportive work environments: The role of organizational perceptions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81(4): 414-435. Ames, C. (1992). Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 261-211. Baruch, Y., & Leeming, A. (2001). 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