Work Life Balance and Employees’ Job Commitment in Nigeria Immigration Service, Akwa Ibom State Command

Work life balance and employees’ commitment in organisations are still concepts for review in management literature. This is the underlying reason that this study was carried out to ascertain the effect of work life balance on the commitment of employees in the Nigeria Immigration Service, Akwa Ibom State Command. A survey research design was used for the study, where a sample of 203 respondents were drawn from the population of 413 officers in the Akwa Ibom State command. The data collected were analysed using frequencies and means while a multiple regression model was used in the testing hypothesis. The findings revealed that there is statistically significant effect of Flexible Work Arrangement (FWA) on employees‘ job commitment in the Nigeria Immigration Service, Akwa Ibom State Command. Also, Wellness programmes showed statistically significant effect on employees‘ job commitment. Hence, we conclude that work life balance have significant effect on employees commitment in a regimented organisation such as the Nigeria Immigration Service, Akwa Ibom State Command. We recommend that managers of this organisation should consider work life balance practices that will improve employees‘ commitment.