The Impact of Flexible Work Model on Employee’s Work Life Balance in an Emerging Economy

Work life balance is becoming an important factor in the workforce choice of employer. The employee would like the opportunity to arrange their working time themselves and fit them in flexibility with current circumstance. The paper investigates the impact of flexible work model on the work life balance of workforce in Nigeria. The study draws its samples from a population of workforce within the banking sector. A sample of 50 respondents was selected using purposive sampling. Copies of questionnaires were administered to these respondents from which findings were deduced and analyzed using multiple regression tool of analysis. The study finds out that flexible work model has a significant impact on work life balance in Nigeria. This means that increase in one will lead to increase in the other. The study therefore concludes that employees are emotional being that needs the opportunity to balance their emotional feeling between family and work. The study recommends therefore that social securities that are necessities for human survival and decent living should be provided by the government so that the flexible work model can have a good moral soil to have a positive impact.