Relationship between work-life balance, employee development and organizational performance at Malaysian public universities

• Main Author: Ghazali, Eddyka Firdaus
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2024
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28548/; https://plh.utem.edu.my/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=124371

Organizational performance (OP) in academic institutions is influenced by various factors, with Work-Life Balance (WLB) and Employee Development (ED) being critical components that can either enhance or hinder success. The institutions faced unique challenges such as limited resources, increased administrative demands, and the need to generate high-impact research and publications. Additionally, despite the recognized importance of Work-life Balance and Employee Development, there remains a substantial gap in literature of their specific effects on OP within the context of Malaysian public universities.Thus, this thesis investigated the significant relationship between Work-Life Balance (WLB), Employee Development (ED), and Organizational Performance (OP) at Malaysian public universities, through examining thet extent that WLB practices and ED influenced the professional development of academic staff and their contribution to OP. The objectives of this study were to analyze the relationship between Work-Life Balance and Organizational Performance and to determine the relationship between Employee Development and Organizational Performance. Primary data were collected from 242 academicians in three selected universities under “Focused University”. A quantitative approch was used to study the relationship among WLB, ED and OP. Data were collected through surveys administered to academic staff, ranging from DS45 grade to Professors, across several public universities in Malaysia. The data were analyzed by using Multi Regression analysis via the IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 2022 software. The findings revealed that WLB had significant relationship with OP whereas there is no significant effect of ED on OP. Hence H1 was accepted wehereas H2 was not.The results of the Multiple Regression analysis showed that academician (s = 242) was the predictor variable of WLB, which contributed to changes in OP. Significantly, where WLB (R = .678, p < .05) and the variance showed (R^2= .460) of the OP of academics in public universities. Meanwhile, the ED (