WORK LIFE BALANCE AND JOB SATISFACTION IN COMMERCIAL BANKS OF NEPAL
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2024
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Shanker Dev Campus
Abstract
The work-life balance and job satisfaction in commercial banks of Nepal are the main subjects of this study. Job satisfaction is the dependent variable and the independent variables are flexible work policies, welfare policy, leave provision, job design and work–family Conflict. Descriptive as well as casual comparative research design method has been used for the overall study of research. The primary source of data is used to assess the opinion of employees with respect to flexible work policy, welfare policy, leave provision, job design, work-family conflict and job satisfaction in Nepalese commercial banks. The survey is based on 416 respondents from 10 commercial banks in Nepal. The questions were asked in the form of 5-point Likert Scale. The Likert scale questions of different variables on flexible work policy, welfare policy, leave provision, job design, work- family conflict, of each variable were used to examine the employee job satisfaction. The weighted average mean of each variable were used to examine the relationship of flexible work policy, welfare policy, leave provision, job design and work-family conflict with employee job satisfaction. For the fact findings of the study primary data was analyzed by using percentage, frequency distribution, correlation and regression analysis. The result of the study shows that flexible work policy, welfare policy, leaves provision, job design, work family conflict has positive relationship with employee job satisfaction. The impact of flexible work policy, welfare policy, leave provision, job design, and work family conflict are positive and significant with employee job satisfaction. The study also concludes that the most influencing factor for determining job satisfaction is job design followed by flexible work policies, leave provision, welfare policy and work family conflict in the context of Nepalese commercial banks. Recommendations are given on the basis of the findings of the study. The major conclusion of the study is that work life balances have positive impact on employee job satisfaction.