Article 8. WORK LIFE BALANCE
EMPLOYEE WORK LIFE BALANCE INTRODUCTION The topic of Work Life Balance (WLB) is becoming much aroused area of interest among many corporate sectors in the country today. This is commonly defined as the ‘individual’s ability, irrespective of age and gender, to find a life rhythm that allows individuals to combine their work with other responsibilities, activities or aspirations’ (Feldstead, Jewson, Phizacklea and Walter 2002). People experience a conflict with themselves when they cannot find balance between their work and non-working life. Work-family research has generally been dominated by the study of family and work role interference. However, work and family role enhancement studies seem to be growing in recent years (Grzywacz & Marks, 2000). Work and family role interference suggests that responsibilities in separate domains such as work and family compete in terms of limited time, psychological resources and physical energy, which leads