The impact of work Life Balances on Employee Performance of
female machine operators on the Sri Lankan Apparel sector.
• Title: The impact of work Life Balances on Employee Performance of
female machine operators on the Sri Lankan Apparel sector.
• Authors: Dilhani, W.G.N.; Dayarathna, N.W.K.D.K.
• Journal: HRM scintilla
• Objectives: To study the impact of work life balance on employee
performance
• Study was conducted in Sri Lanka among 108 female machine
operators
• Independent variable WLB
Dependent variable Employee performance
• Leave arrangement
• Parenting& Pregnancy policy
• Flexible work arrangement
• Family support work provision
dimensions of WLB
• Findings
• Their exist a strong correlation among WLB practices and employee
performance
• Leave arrangement was tested using regression analysis , result shows that
when leave arrangement is increased performance also increased
• Pregnancy and parenting policy has no impact in performance of
employees
• Being a manufacturing unit flexible working arrangement is not possible
but compressed working hours and job sharing has a positive impact
Methodology
• Random sampling
• Survey strategy & deductive reasoning approach
• The data were collected from population of 150 permanent female
machine operators who have children ,
• 108 questionnaires were distributed and 96 were received as
completed questionnaire.
• Questionnaire consist of the 32 questions with 5 point scale.
• Employee performance was measured using three dimensions as
traits(job knowledge, loyalty)behaviours(punctuality &attendance)
results(quantity &quality)
findings
• Family supportive work provision positively impact employee
performance
• Different leave options, supportive family programmes also improves
employee performance