INFLUENCE OF WORK LIFE BALANCE ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN KENYA: A CASE OF NAIROBI COURTS

GLORIA K. GICHANA, DR. KEPHA OMBUI (PhD)

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The purpose the study was to establish the influence of work life balance on employee productivity in Nairobi Courts Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey and case study design based on judiciary was used in this study. The study targeted 200 employees at Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi. A sample of 67 employees of the target population was considered by use of stratified sampling method. The primary data was collected through the use of questionnaires and secondary data was obtained from published documents such as journals, periodicals, magazines and reports to supplement the primary data. A pilot study was conducted to pretest the validity and reliability of instruments for data collection. The raw information was analyzed to yield qualitative and quantitative data. Quantitative data was analyzed with help of SPSS version 21 and MS excel. The analysis showed that flexible working schedules had the strongest positive (Pearson correlation coefficient =.893) influence on employee productivity. In addition, family friendly policies, job design and leave programs are positively correlated to employee productivity (Pearson correlation coefficient =.659, .655 and .551) at 5% level of significance. Thus, the most significant factor was flexible working schedules. The study recommended that to improve work life balance on employee productivity, the management should make sure that all the respective heads of departments have full and clear information on how to develop family friendly policies for the employee, increase flexible working schedules, develop employee friendly job design and provide employee with leave programs to motivate them to enhance employee productivity at Judiciary.

Key Words: Family –Friendly Programs, Flexible Working Schedule, Job Design, Leave Programs, Employee Productivity

CITATION: Gichana, G. K., & Ombui, K. (2022). Influence of work life balance on employee productivity in Kenya: A Case of Nairobi Courts Nairobi. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (2), 1251 – 1267.


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