Work-life Balance of Malaysian Lecturers

Nor Azilah Husin; Amirul Syafiq Mohd Ghazali; Norasiah Abdullah; Mohammad Izzwan Bin Abdul Hadi

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Published: Feb 26, 2018

Keywords:

Work-life Balance Family Work Health Flexible Working Hours

Nor Azilah Husin

Amirul Syafiq Mohd Ghazali

Norasiah Abdullah

Mohammad Izzwan Bin Abdul Hadi

Abstract

Lecturers have been bogged down with a lot of roles: Lecturer, researcher, administrator, counselor, and many others. Can they juggle these multiroles in their daily life effectively? What factors matter to their work-life balance (WLB)? Lecturer is a crucial asset to universities to ensure excellent students can be produced. This study is to identify main variables that influence Malaysian WLB. 120 lecturers from public and private universities were chosen as respondents. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling analysis was used and the results showed that health factor as a mediator (P = 0.000), family factor (P = 0.000), work factor (P = 0.021), and flexible hours factor (P = 0.001) have significant effects toward WLB. Family factor (F2 = 0.662) and health factor (F2 = 0.414) contributed a large effect on the WLB. The value of R2 for this model with the mediator, is 0.305. This finding is in sightful for the stakeholders of Ministry of Malaysia Higher Education, especially when they want to implement new policy relating to lecturers.

Keywords: Work-life Balance; Family; Work; Health; Flexible Working Hours

Australian Academy of Business and Economics Review, vol 4, issue 1, January 2018, pp 43-49

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018)

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Professor Francisco Coronel, Hampton University, Virginia, USA

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Wan Norhayate Bt. Wan Daud, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia
Dr Kasim Mansur, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Dr S. Fiona Chan, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Fiona Edgar, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr Nighat Ansari, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Dr Nirmala Dorasamy, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Dr William W. Kirkley, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Ivy Chia, Lecturer of Business, SIM University, Singapore
Dr James Henry, University of Otago, NewZaland
Dr Yuan Yuan Hu, Massey University, New Zealand

Editorial Advisory Board

Dr. Andrew Banasiewicz, Merrimack College, USA
Dr. Mahadzirah Mohamad, Professor of Marketing, University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia
Professor Moha Abdullah, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr Xiaoming Li, Associate Professor of Economics, Massey University, New Zealand
Professor Dr Wei-Bin Zhang, Professor of Economics, College of Asia Pacific Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan

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