Impact of work-life balance on employees productivity and job satisfaction in private sector universities of Pakistan

Abstract

The objective of this research paper is to discuss the nature of work and family policies in Pakistan's environment particularly in Education Sector. There are 133 universities in Pakistan, of which 73 are Public sector universities and Private universities are 63 which are functioning under Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. This study will further assess that how different Educational sectors in Pakistan have approached the work life balance agenda and examines the actual outcomes for both the employees and the employers. Employees can achieve a healthy balance between work and family life through flexible working arrangements. Results of this study will be beneficial for organizations to better choose the policies to formulate, therefore helping organization to increase the effectiveness and productivity. There is a positive moderate relationship between job satisfaction and work-life balance; which suggests that universities should focus their efforts on formulating and implementing work-life balance policies. the questionnaire to tell partakers the rationale of this study, which is to evaluate employees work related approach on family friendly/work-life balance policies execution among different universities of Pakistan Chi-square test and regression analysis was conducted to examine the strength of relationship between work-life balance policies and employees job satisfaction. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.