Impact of work-life balance and flexible working on performance of employees

Research Proposal Form
Student Name: _ Student ID: ____________
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Unit: 11 Research Proposal
Proposed Title: Impact of work-life balance and flexible working on performance of
employees

Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
The selected topic for current research project is, “Impact of work-life balance and flexible
working on performance of employees”. A Research work on Sainsbury.
Research Aim
The aim of this research work is, “To evaluate about the concept of Work-Life balance
and Enrichment Experience along with impact of flexible working on performance of
employees”. A Research work on Sainsbury.
Research objectives (e.g what is the question you want to answer? What do you want
to learn how to do? What do you want to find out?):
The main objectives and purpose that would be analyses and evaluated though current
resrch work on Sainsbury are listed as follows:
 To review about the concept of Work-Life balance and Enrichment Experience at
workplace.
 To determine the impact lead by work-life balance and flexible working on
performance of employees working at Sainsbury.
 To evaluate various ways that could be adopted by managers of Sainsbury to lead
better work-life balance and ensure flexible working for its employees.
Question Tag
Following are the set research question for current investigation:
 What is meant by the concept of Work-Life balance and Enrichment Experience
and why it is vital for an organisation?
 What impact could be seen on performance of employees working at Sainsbury
due to the better management and creation of work-life balance and flexible
working?
 What are the possible recommended and suggested ways that could be taken up by
the managers of Sainsbury to lead better work-life balance and ensure flexible
working for its employees?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g links to other subjects you are studying, personal interest, future
plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is important):
The main reasons which are associated with the selection of current research topic based
on the implication of work-lie balance and flexible working is to evaluate about the impact

lead by employee enrichment and work life balance on the performance of employees so
that better steps and strategies could be made to effectively direct and motivate employees
for enhanced efficiency. The current research project is vital from the professional aspects
of researcher as it lead to enhanced information and knowledge about the concept of work
life balance and flexible working within an orgnisation along with its importance and
impact on overall performance and efficiency of employees. Further, collect research
project is also significant and rationale from personal view point of researcher as it meet
personal interest and academic purpose along with leading improvement in skills and
competencies.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
To review about the concept of Work-Life balance and Enrichment Experience at
workplace.
As per the view point of Justin Craig Field1and Xi Wen Chan. 2018., the concept of work-
life balance and employee enrichment is mainly associated with the overall appraisal and
balance set by an individual between its work and family life to maintain an appropriate
level of effectiveness and satisfaction. Efforts are made by employer and employee to
perceive greater balance among multiple roles to enjoy additional positive benefits of
work-life balance beyond the influences of conflict and enrichment (Dizaho, Salleh and
Abdullah, 2017). An evaluation of theories that are associated with the of Work-Life
balance and Enrichment Experience at workplace are evaluated below:
Boundary and Border Theory- This theory mainly contributes to the better study of work-
life balance through describing the fact that how various levels of work life integration of
employees affects their well-being and also address the way that how individuals set a
cross boundaries between their work and life. Thus, this theory emphasis on setting clearer
boundaries for physical time and working hours to lead better distribution of time for both
work and personal life (Ramakrishnan and Arokiasamy, 2019).
Compensation Theory- This theory set out better relationships within the work-family
through properly representing the compensation which employees get for their work so
that a clear bifurcation of their time for work and family could be made (Talukder, Vickers
and Khan, 2018).
To determine the impact lead by work-life balance and flexible working on