EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE APPROACHES TO WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION ON QUALITY OF WORK IN NIGERIA DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS
Globally, scholars and practitioners have supported the growing debate on the need to integrate work and personal activities so that both be can managed to ensure a good quality of work. Scholars in Nigeria are also not left out of this debate, most especially as the country is faced with many challenges, including changing nature of the economy. And one sector that has played active role in global economy is the banking sector. The sector does not only regulate global economy, it also serves as the intermediary between and among major players in the global economy. However, there appears that the sector has not yet put in place a culture that will promote work-life integration among employee, resulting in serious challenges threatening the well-being of the workforce. In view of this, this paper examined the effect of individual employee approaches to work-life integration on quality of work in Nigeria deposit money banks. The study employed a survey of 398 employees of deposit money banks in Nigeria which were selected using random sampling method. Furthermore, the study used regression analysis to analyze the data. Findings revealed that individual employees’ approaches to work-life integration significantly affect quality of work in Nigeria deposit money banks with F-stat =78.269, prob = 0.000 being statistically significant at 5 per cent level. The study, therefore concluded based on its findings that that time management and less stress at work improve the quality of work engagement of employees in deposit money banks in Nigeria. The study also recommended that deposit money banks should implement effective time management so that employees can accomplish more, thereby offering them the freedom to improve their focus, reduce stress and allows them to be more productive
Commitment; employee performance; stress; quality; work-life integration