Relationship between Work Life Balance and Job Satisfaction of Bank Employees: An Empirical Study

Abstract

Work life balance has become the prime concern for the organizations and the employees in this ever changing business world. However, work life balance is hardly investigated to have a relationship with job satisfaction and that is what this study is all about. The main objective of the study was to reveal that whether there is a relationship between work life balance and employee job satisfaction in the banking sector. Data were collected from 350 respondents consisting 10 employees each from 5 commercial banks in 7 divisions in Bangladesh. From the findings of the study the researchers observed that employee job satisfaction has a negative relationship with long working hours and job stress while a positive relationship with job knowledge, job rotation and home maid service The study concluded that job satisfaction and work life balance are related to each other and the relationship is mostly affected by long working hours, job stress and job knowledge.