Effects of Work-Life Balance on Job Satisfaction and Employee Commitment: The Moderating Effect of Gender

Abstract

This research aims to examine the effects of work-life balance on job satisfaction and employee commitment: a moderating effect of gender. Primary data were gathered from the teaching staff of all University of Cape Coast (UCC) specifically, from five (5) colleges. The total number of teaching staff were 739 consisting of 583 males and 156 females, 400 questionnaires were distributed out of which 300 were retrieved for the data analysis. Quantitative research approach was used for the research The data gathered was analyzed using PLS-SEM (Smart PLS 3) and Statistical Package for Social sciences (SPSS version 23.0). Findings indicates that, gender does not statistically moderate the predictive relationship between work-life balance and job satisfaction at University of Cape Coast although gender had a negative insignificant association with job satisfaction. Again, gender has no moderating effect on work-life balance and commitment of employees in University of Cape Coast. All the various components of work-life balance have some statistically significant weak associations with both employee commitment and job satisfaction among staff at the University of Cape Coast. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the design and implementation of work-life balance policies should be tailored to all manner of workers without discrimination particularly on staff gender in the university as far as the quest to enhancing job satisfaction and employee commitment is concerned.