Work and Life Balance: Factors and Effects on Lecturers at Kolej Profesional MARA

Abstract

Work and life balance among educators is an important aspect in maintaining the well-being of a comprehensive life including work performance, becoming an excellent student, organization, or educational institution. The increasingly challenging education sector of the country and the world puts a lot of pressure and workload on educators in terms of academics and non-academics, thus affecting the balance of work and life. This study was conducted to identify the main factors that affect work-life balance and the effects of work-life imbalance among lecturers. A quantitative descriptive study was conducted on 148 lecturers at six Kolej Profesional MARA who were randomly selected as study respondents. The questionnaire instrument was used in the study and contains 6 parts comprising of Sections A, B, C, D, E and F that must be answered by the respondents. The data collected was then analysed using SPSS software version 29. The analysis carried out was divided into two, namely descriptive for frequency and demographic percentage of respondents, mean score value and standard deviation for factors that influence work-life balance as well as correlation inference analysis and multiple regression to identify relationship and effect of this research variable. The findings of the study show that there is a significant relationship between all the variables and the regression analysis shows four variables namely physical activity, lecturer's attitude, workload and work activities, and time management give significant value to the balance of work and life. This illustrates all factors contributing towards the work and life balance of lecturers at KPM.