NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE OF EMPLOYEES OF BROADCAST STATIONS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined network virtualization and work-life balance of employees of broadcast stations in South South, Nigeria. Two (2) objectives and two (2) hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The cross-sectional explanatory survey research design was adopted. The target population of this study was one thousand eight hundred and nineteen staff of the broadcast stations in South-South zone. The sample size comprised of four hundred (400) respondents obtained from Bowley’s (1960) population allocation formula. The study adopted socio-technical  theory. Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient was used for bivariate analyses (testing the hypotheses one and two), The findings revealed that there is a significant positive influence of network virtualization on work-balance in terms of socio-personal function satisfaction  and official time maximazation of the staff of the broadcast stations in  south-south zone, Nigeria. The study concluded network virtualization influences work-life balance of employees of the broadcast stations in South-South zone Nigeria. The research therefore, recommended that Management should make provision for free data subscription for employees at all level in the organization to enable work outside office setting.