The Effect of Work Life Balance on Employee Job Satisfaction among Non Executives in the Public Banking Sector in Colombo District

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Area o f the Study This study is mainly focused on discussing the effect o f work life balance on job satisfaction among non executives in the public banking sector in Colombo district. Problem o f the Study j The research problem addressed under this study is to investigate what extent work life balance affects on job satisfaction among non, executives in public banking sector in Colombo district. ; I Method o f the Study j The data for the present study was collected from 224 respondents in public banks in Colombo by administrating a structured questionnaire, which consisted o f 36 statements with 5 point Likert scale. The data analysis included the univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis method conducted using SPSS (version 16.0). \ Findings o f the Study The results o f the study emphasize that there was a negative relation o f work life balance with job satisfaction and 78.9% ofjob satisfaction was explained by work life balance (sig0.000). Except job autonomy, work to family interference, family to work interference, work stress, life stress and work load were negatively correlated with job satisfaction. 82.7% o f job satisfaction was explained by the total variables o f work life balance o f the model according to multiple regression analysis. Conclusion o f the Study It is concluded that there was negative relationship between work life balance and job satisfaction o f the non executives in the public banking sector in Colombo district. The bank management has to introduce various strategies to reduce the conflicts o f work life o f non executives for the purpose o f getting maximum contribution.