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 Volume 11, Issue 4 (April 2024), Pages: 22-29

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 Original Research Paper

Work performance and quality of home and family life of solo family providers in HEIs

 Author(s): 

 Arthur B. Gumarac *

 Affiliation(s):

 College of Management, Northern Iloilo State University, Estancia, Philippines

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  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9696-267X

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.04.003

 Abstract

Managing work and personal life is a complex task. It involves figuring out how to separate and balance one's work life from personal life. This study looked into how satisfied solo family providers working in higher education institutions (HEIs) in a province in the Philippines were with their job performance and their family life at home. The study focused on 63 solo family providers who were carefully chosen for their crucial roles in four HEIs. The findings showed that these individuals were very pleased with both their job performance and their family life. Additionally, there was a strong and positive link between how happy they were with their jobs and how happy they were with their family life at home. Achieving a balance between work and personal life helps them to do well in their jobs and have satisfying and peaceful personal lives, which is good for both them and their families. Therefore, HEIs should create and offer specific programs to help solo family providers balance their work and personal lives better. These programs could include options for flexible work schedules, the ability to work from home, and access to counseling services.

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 Keywords

 Work performance, Home and life, Solo family providers, HEIs

 Article history

 Received 7 December 2023, Received in revised form 18 March 2024, Accepted 20 March 2024

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Gumarac AB (2024). Work performance and quality of home and family life of solo family providers in HEIs. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(4): 22-29

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