Abstract
With the continuous evolution of globalization and the increasing technological openness between all countries worldwide, employees’ awareness about the quality of life and balance between work and life matters has constantly been escalating. Although a tremendous body of literature internationally exists on Work-Life Balance and Job Satisfaction, yet previous scholars across the Palestinian context have not connectedly addressed these terms. Both Work-Life Balance and Job satisfaction matters have been recently getting more focus than expected due to the fast-forwarding life cycles and the continuous obnoxious and inferior political and economic situation that faces every person, family, society, and company in Palestine, which have a significant influence on the productivity and performance of both the Palestinian organizations and employees. The focus of this study is on the measurement of work-life balance and job satisfaction of employees and the exploration of the relationship between both terms at different Palestinian companies in the investment sector while exploring the critical working issues and personal life matters among employees with further examination on how the concept of WLB might affect job satisfaction. This study's key contribution is to highlight this relationship among the Palestinian organizations and thus be further addressed and considered across all Palestine and in other developing countries with similar political and economic threats, especially after having this relationship positively correlated by the current research results.
 
 The study was conducted on 502 employees from 7 different investment companies in Palestine. The statistical tests that were processed and the interference relationships tested confirmed a positive relationship between the three constructs of Work-Life Balance and Job Satisfaction.
Highlights
Work-Life Balance is considered one of the most urgent topics that need research to be carried on, as the concept's details exhibit the main issues affecting employees' performance
The results of this study showed that Work-Life Balance (WLB) and job satisfaction share a positive relationship
There is a clear view on the impact of employee life matters on their jobs, which confirms the fact that the employees cannot completely separate work from their personal life, and that both personal matters and work are normally overlapped
Summary
Work-Life Balance is considered one of the most urgent topics that need research to be carried on, as the concept's details exhibit the main issues affecting employees' performance. The relationship between work and family life is connected, and each has a direct effect on the other one. This implies that, work responsibilities can affect workers‘ personal life, and personal life matters can affect people‘s work responsibilities (Hill, Hawkins, Ferris, & Weitzman, 2001; Kuzulu et al,2013, Weiss, 2002; Munn, 2013; Peeters, Montogomery, Baker, & Schaufeli, 2005). The balance between work and life matters can be attained visualizing the concept of WLB as a two-way operation that contemplate both employee‘s and employer‘s needs (Lewis, 2000)
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