The Work-Life Balance of Professionals in Lucena City

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to determine the impact among the demographic profile, work and life domain with the work-life balance of Professionals in Lucena City with an end view of developing an enhancement program. Specifically, it sought to determine the respondents’ demographic profile as to age, sex, civil status, highest educational attainment, and years in the teaching profession. The study utilized a survey check-list questionnaire as a research instrument in data gathering among the respondents composed of 108 professionals in Lucena City, comprising professionals from Quezon Center for Research and Studies, Inter-Global College Foundation Inc., Sacred Heart College, and Manuel S. Enverga University. The employees’ commitment in terms of work domain (3.65) and life domain (3.96); as well as the level of employees’ engagement in terms of Work-life balancing (3.92) and work-life challenges (2.87).With work domain with .45 significance with strong relationship and family domain .160 with a negligible relationship with work-life balance. Work domain has a significant impact on all independent variables with regards to Work-life balance. However, it still recommended Part-time teaching professionals may undergo seminars, training, workshops or wellness program held by respective companies or schools to further understand how they can manage their work-life balance and how they will respond to solve the problem encountered.