Personal Life, Working Time and Job Stress on Employees’ Performance in Selected Nigerian Banks

Work-life balance has become an important area of concern for employers and employees in most organizations all over the world. In this study, effort was made to investigate the influence of three variables of work-life balance namely personal life, working time and job stress on employees’ performance in select Nigerian banks. Four banks were selected for the study based on their ranking as top Nigerian banks by the Corporate Finance Institute, namely; Zenith bank, GTB, Ecobank Nigeria and First Bank of Nigeria Plc. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaire. Population of the study was 401 bankers in 21 branches of the banks, located in Akwa Ibom State. A sample size of 200 bankers was drawn from the population size using Taro Yamene’s formula for sample determination. Chebyshev Proportionate formula was further used to determine the sample proportion of each branch. Hypothesis was tested using multiple regression analysis. Computations were done by means of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Findings revealed that there was significant effect of employees’ personal life, working time and job stress on workers performance in the selected Nigerian banks. It was concluded that work-life balance variables relate to and have influence on workers performance in Nigerian banks. As such, it was recommended that Nigerian banks should establish and maintain a work family culture that encompasses personal life activities, and also implement working time options and stress management programmes as workplace support measures that include family friendly policies to help resolve work-life balance problems.