Abstract:
The study aimed at assessing work-life management of employees of
banks in Cape Coast Metropolis with specific focus on the relative degree of
stressfulness and work-life conflict, work-life management policies and strategies
put in place in the banks as well as the extent to which issues related to work-life
management are of concern to males and females working in the banks.
The study was a cross-sectional survey which used self-developed
questionnaires in collecting data from 109 employees of seven banks in the
metropolis. Statistical Product and Services Solution (SPSS) version 21 was used
to process data collected. Frequencies and percentages were used in presenting of
the data. Chi-square statistics was also used in analyzing relationships between
variables.
The study revealed that employees of the various banks work throughout
the five working days. They however work on weekends in addition to working
over-time for an average of three hours on every working day. The participants
generally start work at either 8:00 or 8:30 am and close officially at 4:00pm or
5:00pm. They actually however leave the workplace at 8:00pm. They therefore
feel much stressed after work. The bankers as such, were unable to effectively
combine their works with personal/family life as they devote more time to their
work than personal life. The study showed that there were policies at the various
banks studied, which were meant to enable workers effectively manage their work
and personal life which include annual leave, casual leave, sick leave and study
leave and off days. Issues related to work-life management were found to be of
more concern to females than to males. More labour should be hired by banks to
ease pressure on existing ones, aside accommodating them close to the banks.
