Work Life Balance and Employees’ Intentions to Quit: Evidence From Bawku Technical Institute, Ghana

Abstract

The Bawku Technical Institute’s quest to gain global recognition in terms of its operations has put considerable pressure on its workforce making it difficult for them to balance their work and family demands increasing their inclination to quit job. This phenomenon lured the researcher interest to examine the effect of work life balance and intentions to quit among employees at the Bawku Technical Institute. The study employed on the quantitative approach an explanatory research design. A structured questionnaire was used to gather primary data from the respondents. Both descriptive and inferential statistics was employed as statistical tools to address the study objectives with the aid of IBM-SPSS version 26. The study first found a high-level intention to quit among employees at the Bawku Technical Institute. The study further found a statistically significant moderate negative nexus between both organisational and family support and employees’ intention to quit. Lastly, the findings revealed that the ability of the employees to balance their demand of the personal and work life has the potency of reducing their inclination to leave the organisation. The study concluded employees at Bawku Technical Institute have dire intentions to quit their job due to their inability to strike an even balance between their work and family demands. The study recommends that Management of the Bawku Technical Institute (GES) should implement a leave plan or a day off for employees so that employees have enough time to attend to their personal, family and work demands this will relief employees from developing their intention to quit. Management should also provide the necessary support to enable employees deal work and family related issues.