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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The research will briefly explain on how work life balance gives benefits to organization.
Factor that related to work life balance is explained in this research on how the factor
influences the work life balance among employees. This research is among staffs in
Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia.
The research focuses on exploring the most factors that will effect work life balance among
the employees. This research will explore on research background, problem statement,
research questions and research objectives. Significant of study, scope of study and
limitation of the study are also explored in this research.
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Duxbury L (2004) had defined work life balance as a combination of role overload,
work to family interference and family to work interference. According to Heery and
Noon (2008), work life balance is the principle that paid employment should be
integrated with personal life and community participation in the interests of personal
and social welfare. When an individual commits a large amount of their time to their
work and neglecting their personal life or vice-versa, level of satisfaction with work
life balance tend to fall. Work life balance is not about the amount of time spends
working and not working but it is more on how individual spends time working and
relaxing, recognizing that what a person does in one, fuels energy for the other
(Morgenstern, 2008). Clark (2000) describe work life balance as the level of
satisfaction that individual feel when they can function at work and at home with a
minimum of role conflict.
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Functions of The Organisation
VISION
To be the main driving force in ensuring the success of the 1Malaysia concept and in
nation-building based on the national principles of the Rukun Negara.
MISSION
Translate and promote the policies and national agenda to ensure it is understood,
supported, appreciated and assimilated/cultivated/practised by the citizens through
information programmes.
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Organization Chart
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1.3 Problem Statement
Nowadays each organization is compete with one and another. They try to
attain their best which they can used as their strength that hard to achieved easily by
other organizations. In order to gain this competitive, management use different
technique and try to satisfy their employees. Work life balance plays important role in
employees performance. It is a crucial issue that been discuss by the government,
practitioners and in academic forum. Align with the organization mission to get the
competitive advantage, well happy, talented and satisfied employees are needed to
the organizations. Work life balance is an important for employees, that is why the
Unions of employees demands for such policies which maintain the work life balance
for employees (Gregory & Milner ,2009).
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this situation, employees who is involved in media social is 24/7 doing their update
on social media. This consume the employees personal time. Even though
employees can do the update at their home still the employees are giving up their
quality time that they need to spend with their family and time that they need to
spend dong things that they like to do.
Drive for the researcher’s interest in the topic has been a concern on how the
employees in Jabatan Penerangan feels about their work life balance. The
researcher wants to investigate factor that influence work life balance among
Jabatan Penerangan employees.
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1.6 HYPOTHESES
This research focus on direct relationship between four factor of work life
balance (time management, technology, absenteeism and personality) and
job performance. The research is to deliver in better understanding and clear
picture on important of work life balance among employees in organization.
This study involved the employees of Jabatan Peneranagn Malaysia . The
medium used to obtain the data is by using questionnaire.
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1.8.1 To The Organization
By conducting this research, the researcher will have clear overview on factor
that lead to work life balance and the effect to theperformance among employees.
The researcher will have clear view on the relationship between factor that lead work
life balance. Other than that, this research filled the gap of the body of knowledge
and also add to existing literature by reading material and article from previous
researchers while providing a deeper understanding about the topic and get variety
idea and information related to the research.
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unproductive day. The negative mood, stress and anger are all the feeling that will
effect on employees performance. An employees that have this positive outlook are
more satisfied with their work and will be more productive. They have good relation
with their colleague as they are surrounding with positive behaviour and open to the
opinions of others. Key for positive employees is they have a good work life balance.
A survey conducted by Corporate Executive Board come with a result saying that
people who feel they have a good work life balance work 21 per cent harder than
those who don’t. Individual who is feel good about themselves and their work are
more committed.
Having a balance life is a feeling of conscious feeling of energy, aliveness, interest
and enthusiasm which related to traits such as self-motivation, positive mood, good
self-esteem and life satisfaction and living with quality life. In the other side, tension,
anger and depression will cause individual feel tired, exhausted and unproductive.
Time management is the process of planning and practices conscious of time spent
on specific activitiesiv. Time management is the ability to fulfil time effectively
specifically at work. Time management involved work, social, life, family, personal
interest and commitment with time to the highest level. Managing time effectively
gives the person space for their own time and expediency. Good time management
enable individual to work smart, not harder so that the activities that there is more
done in less time even when time is tight and pressures are high. Failing to manage
time properly can cause effect on effectiveness and cause stress.
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1.9.3 Technology
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Wikipedia
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Duxbury L(2004)-
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Clark (2000)-
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Wikipedia-www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_managment
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Oxford Dictonary
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