Work life balance and job performance among secondary school teachers in Kampala District

Abstract

The study sought to find out the relationship between work-life balance and job performance among secondary school teachers in Kampala district. The study intended to achieve the following objectives to examine the level of work-life balance, to determine the levels of job performance and finally to find out the relationship between work-life balance and job performance. A correlational study design was used in the stud to establish the relationship between the two variables. The study used a total of 174 respondents who were subjected to a simple random sampling technique of sampling. Data was then collected using self-administered questionnaires and it was analyzed using statistical package for social scientist’s version 23 (SPSS) and Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was used to test the hypothesis. the level of work-life balance was found to be high. Results revealed fairly high levels of performance. findings also revealed that there is a non-significant relationship between work-life balance and job performance. The levels between work-life balance and job performance among secondary school teachers are relatively fairly high respectively. There is relatively no significant relationship between the two variables. Several policies should be drafted and implemented by administrators to support employees work-life balance rather than solely focusing on obtaining profits