Abstract
Working from home (WFH) is now becoming a new normal, and today it brings a big change in the way people think and act. However, some people find that working from home is a big challenge, especially for those with families and young children. This is not easy and it leads to stress and burdens because the employees were not able to share a good time with their family and work demands. This study aims to identify the influencing factors of Work-life balance (WLB) on employee performance and moderating effect of religiosity towards WLB and employee performance of HEIs. The study will be used to accumulate empirical literature by the name of religiosity towards WLB and employee performance in different online database sources. The review findings show that there is a significant effect of WLB especially, technological, institutional, and individual factors are considered the most influential effects on employee performance. This study also identified that there is a moderating effect of religiosity towards WLB and employee performance of HEIs. The findings will be used to develop a reach framework and will be conducted a rigorous depth study and will be drawn policy guidelines for further improvement of WLB and employee performance in HEIs.
Highlights
This study aims to identify the influencing factors of Work-life balance (WLB) on employee performance and moderating effect of religiosity towards WLB and employee performance of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
This study identified that there is a moderating effect of religiosity towards WLB and employee performance of HEIs
Work-life balance (WLB), which concerns the quality of life, has become an important issue to employees and employers in the era of globalization (Hilbrecht, Shaw, Johnson & Andrey, 2008)
Summary
Work-life balance (WLB), which concerns the quality of life, has become an important issue to employees and employers in the era of globalization (Hilbrecht, Shaw, Johnson & Andrey, 2008). Following the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world the Malaysian Government has implemented the Movement Control Order (MCO) period which affected various sectors and industries. It has changed the way people and lifestyles, such as the work culture in the office where many employees are instructed to work from home to curb the epidemic transmission of the virus. Working from home or WFH is becomes a new normal bring a major change in human thought and action today This situation demands efficient remote tasks, availability of appropriate facilities and equipment, time management, and the integrity of each individual
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