The impact of work-life balance on the wellbeing offilipino expatriates Dr. Panganiban Christopher M.*, Dr. Villareal Irene P.** *Department of Business and Management Studies, Gulf College, Maabella, Oman **Department of Foundation Studies, Gulf College, Maabella, Oman Online published on 20 May, 2017. Abstract Work-life balance is essential in both expert business practice and academic research. The literature displays that work-life balance is a dominant issue distressing wellbeing, as family and work are the most important elements in everyone's life. This study aimed to explore the work and family life balance experiences of Filipino expatriates in selected companies in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Descriptive-exploratory method of research was used by the researchers to obtain the needed data for the study using questionnaire and interview as instruments in securing necessary information from the respondents. Two hundred seven (207) Filipino expatriates from selected companies were respondents of the study using purposive sampling technique. This research also inveterate the undesirable effects of poor WLB due to high levels of work-family conflict on work satisfaction and psychological health. To ensure valid, reliable, and scientific presentation analysis, and interpretation of data, the following statistical tools were utilized in this study: simple frequency, percentage, and weighted mean. The respondents were selected through purposive sampling technique. The data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20. The findings and conclusion obtained from the respondents have good perceptions of work-life balance though work gets much everything from them in many ways. The study cannot be used as a general concept to refer to another organization as the focus is only on work-life balance. Top Keywords Family Satisfaction, Psychological Distress, Job Satisfaction, Work-family Conflict, Working Hours. Top |