MEDIATING ROLE OF JOB COMMITMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY NIGERIA

Abstract

Globally, difficulties are experienced by organizations on maximizing their human resource potentials and this is largely attributed to work and personal life balance of employees resulting from the dynamic nature of operating environment. This study empirically examined the mediating role of job commitment on work-life balance and employee’s performance of academic staff in Kaduna State University. The study is based on primary data collected from 384 Academic staff using structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed using the technique of SEM-PLS path analysis. The finding of this study revealed that work-life balance significantly influence on employee performance positively in Kaduna state university. Furthermore the findings indicated that job commitment was significantly related to employees’ performance. In addition, the findings also revealed that job commitment fully mediate the relationship between work-life balance and employees’ performance of academic staff in Kaduna state university. The study concluded that work-life balance aid the development of employees performance through enhancing job commitment