Abstract:
Work-life balance is a situation in which employees are able to give the right amount
of time and efforts to their work as well as their personal life. Personality traits which
are defined by individual’s behaviour, attitudes, beliefs, and appearance are found to
have an influence on the way they strike a proper balance between work and life
irrespective of the organizational setups and other factors. On this backdrop, this
study attempts to examine the impact of personality traits on work-life balance
specially focusing on working mothers in the non-banking finance sector in Sri
Lanka. Big five personality traits were used as the major theoretical backbone of this
study. Following the positivistic research paradigm and the deductive research
approach, survey research strategy was adopted. The target population of 200 working
mothers yielded an effective response rate of 74%. Multiple regression analysis was
used as the main inferential statistical analysis technique. The findings demonstrate
that openness to experience has the highest impact on work-life balance of working
mothers. Next to openness, extroversion and agreeableness too significantly influence
on work-life balance of working mothers. However, conscientiousness and
neuroticism do not have a significant role in influencing the work-life balance in the
given research setting. Moreover, the findings help management to mold their
understanding on the importance of the personality traits in improving the work-life
balance of working mothers in the non-banking finance sector in Sri Lanka
