Abstract
The objective of this study is to examine work life balance among employees in the workplace and COVID-19. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. Three research questions guided the study. The population and sample were drawn form Anambra and Enugu states. The accessible population of this study comprised of 4768 employees (business administrators, contractors, lecturers) in Anambra and Enugu states, Nigeria. The sample of the study is 992 employees in the workplace, that is, business administrators, contractors, lecturers drawn using proportionate stratified sampling technique. The instrument for data collection is a questionnaire structured on a 4-point Likert scale. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that employees in the workplace strongly agreed to the indices of work life balance among employees in the workplace, they agreed to the challenges and the possible solutions of work life balance among employees in the workplace and COVID-19. It was concluded that most of these indices, challenges and solutions are triggered by the Nigeria unique workplace, culture and institutional framework that impact managing work life balance. On the other hand, given that the support of Nigerian government and non-government organizations is possibly in short supply, studies need to be carried out to further investigate this phenomenon for enhanced work life balance among employees in workplace in Nigeria. Keywords: Work-life, workplace, employees, coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-24-04 Publication date: December 31 st 2021
Highlights
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is currently ravaging the countries of the world including Nigeria
Transmission of the novel virus COVID-19 is human to human though said to have started from animals and can be direct in transmission from respiratory droplets produced by an infected person while coughing or sneezing or indirect transmission by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and touching their own mouth, nose, and eyes (Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Emergency Response Epidemology Team, 2020)
What are the indices of work life balance among employees in the workplace and COVID-19?
Summary
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is currently ravaging the countries of the world including Nigeria. Yu Han (2020) While WHO first declared SARS-COV-2 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on January 30, 2020. SARS-COV-2 (coronavirus disease) fondly called by many people as China disease was officially renamed COVID-19 on 11th February 2020. Transmission of the novel virus COVID-19 is human to human though said to have started from animals and can be direct in transmission from respiratory droplets produced by an infected person while coughing or sneezing or indirect transmission by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and touching their own mouth, nose, and eyes (Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Emergency Response Epidemology Team, 2020). An encounter with COVID-19 patient can lead to cross infection from one person to another in absence of personal protective equipment for example: Masks, gown, goggles, boots, gloves. SARS-COV-2 has a powerful infectivity as it binds to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) receptors in the afflicted patient thereby, showing a higher affinity than SARS-COV-S (NCPEREPT, 2020)
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