Impact of Work-Family Life Balance on Employee Job Engagement at Ceylon Knit Trend (Pvt.) Ltd

Abstract

Well motivated and committed employees with high levels of job engagement are considered to be the most important asset to any organization. But gaining full employee engagement towards the organization is still challenging and remains as an issue in literature as well as in practical context. This study was conducted with married female machine operators in Ceylon Knit Trend (Pvt.) Ltd. Therefore, the current study expects to find out whether the work-family life balance has an impact on their job engagement. Results of the preliminary survey indicated that job engagement of female machine operators was below the expected level. Sample size for preliminary survey was 30. Under the conceptual model of the study, researchers examined the direct effects of each work-family life balance dimension (work demand, family demand, organizational work-family support, and family support) on employee job engagement. Population size of the study was 160 married female machine operators and sample size was 113 which was selected through stratified random sampling method. Data were collected through a validated and reliable self administered questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the collected data. Confirming the previous findings the current study revealed that the work-family life balance is an important phenomenon which has a significant impact on job engagement. The study revealed that family demand, organizational work family support and family support have a significant impact on employee job engagement. This study offers implications for developing strategies to obtain employee engagement while balancing work and family life as implement employee tailor- made work-life supportive policies and practices.