WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN EDO STATE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

This study examines the effect of work-life balance on employee performance in Edo State Internal Revenue Service. A survey was designed and simple random sampling techniques were adopted. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection with 79 participants considered usable. Inferential and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 23. Frequency and percentage were used to analyze the respondents' demographic profiles while correlation and linear regression were adopted in analyzing the research hypotheses. The study revealed that work-life balance influenced employee performance in Edo State Internal Revenue Service. This study, therefore, concludes that work-life balance significantly influenced employee performance. The study recommends among others that the management of Edo State Internal Revenue Service should encourage family-friendly work flexible arrangements to improve employees' performance.