Effect of Perceived Work Life Balance on Employee Turnover Intent Among International Humanitarian Organizations in Kenya
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Date
2017Author
Msabaa, Bertinah K
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ThesisLanguage
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This study was conducted to establish the effect of perceived work life balance on
employee turnover intent among international humanitarian organizations in Kenya.
The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population of the
study included all the 1860 employees of International Humanitarian Organizations in
Kenya. The sample of the study was 144 selected through stratified sampling method.
The respondents included program staff working for the IHOs. Primary data was
collected from the participants using a structured questionnaire. Correlation and
regression analysis were used in establishing the effect of perceived work life balance
on employee turnover intent among international humanitarian organizations in
Kenya. The research findings revealed that International humanitarian Organizations
in Kenya have adopted a wide range of work life balance practices. These practices
include those related to flexible working schedules; employee benefits, employee
assistance programs and job design. It was concluded that that a strong inverse
correlation exists between WLB practices relating to flexible working schedules;
employee benefits; employee assistance programs and turnover intent. Perceived
WLB practices were found to have a significant effect on turnover intent among the
IHOs in Kenya. The key recommendations of the study were: working in shifts was
not very common among the IHOs. There was need to explore ways of making this
realistic since it is one of the WLB practices that may provide enough time to
employees to attend to other important issues in their lives. Another recommendation
was that paid study leave and provision of day care services paid for by the
organizations were not common WLB practices. The organizations need to consider
these because they assist in improving the skills of workers and enabling them access
vital services respectively.
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University of Nairobi
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