Impact of Work Life Balance on Organizational Commitment of University Teachers: Evidence from Jashore University of Science and Technology

10.18535/ijsrm/v7i4.em01
Work Life Balance, Organization, Family, Commitment, University Teachers, JUST

Authors

  • Arifa Akter Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh, Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Awal Hossen Department of Management, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh, Bangladesh
  • Md. Nazrul Islam Department of Finance and Banking, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Vol. 7 No. 04 (2019)
Economics and Management
April 4, 2019

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Increased imbalance between work and family life of university teachers is an alarming issue now-a-days. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between work life balance and organizational commitment of teaching employees of Jashore University of Science and Technology in Bangladesh. Data has been collected from 80 respondents through a questionnaire survey. Pearson correlation and regression model have been developed based on this dataset to get the result. The result shows that significant number of teachers perceived there is a positive impact of work life balance on the level of commitment towards their organization. This study certainly answers the question regarding the impact of work life balance on organizational commitment of the teaching employees. Moreover, further studies are encouraged to analyze the impact of work life balance by incorporating all the stakeholders of an organization which may help to generalize the findings of this study.