Abstract:
Purpose: Purpose of the research is to examine the factors affecting work life
balance of teachers who use online teaching as a distance learning technique. The
objective of this study is to investigate what factors impact work life balance of
school teachers in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka.
Method: A self-administered questionnaire is used to gather data from 400
respondents via an online survey. This study adopts quantitative approach to
scrutinize the factors such as personal life factors, work pressure, working flexibility
and long working hours that are possible to influence school teacher’s work life
balance. In fact, study utilized explanatory research design in order to identify the
extent and nature of cause-and-effect relationship.
Findings: Regression analysis results revealed that all the personal life factors, work
pressure, working flexibility and long working hours were significantly influence
work life balance of school teachers in Kurunegala District. In addition, personal life
factors, long working hours have positive impact on work life balance of school
teachers.
Implications: The Ministry of Education and the government should deliberate on
the methods to improve work life balance of school teachers at least providing
opportunities to train and get use to online teaching. Without any helping hand, these
teachers by their own equip with technical assets to be armed with the online
teaching bearing a huge financial liability. The government should allocate provide
at least an allowance for the basic facilities and data and the student should be given
data packages to reduce this tension on school teachers.
Future Research: This study has been limited to four factors affecting work life
balance; however, there may be other factors too. Extending this research, further
research can be conducted on variables such as self-efficacy and information
technology literacy and so on. moderate and mediate these identified relationships.
