Sokefun’s scientific contributions

Employee work-life balance has been a subject of debate overtime; and there is a need to allow employee balance work with other personal goals; hence the introduction of remote work. Remote work as a concept is still alien to the global south (developing countries) like Nigeria unlike the global North (developed countries) where it is more pronounced. It is on this note that this study examined remote work and work-life balance among selected employees of Polaris Bank Nigeria. The study was anchored on the boundary theory and spill-over theory. Primary data was obtained from 150 respondents using a structured questionnaire. Findings evinced clearly that remote work has significant effect on work-life balance at (R 2 = 0.730, p-value <0.05); also, the connection between remote work and job enrichment was positive, very strong, and statistically significant at (r=8.94, p=0.00). The study concluded that it is predominant to carry on in thickening the understanding and frontier of remote work as it relates to employee work-life balance on broader convergence of their career development and mental health, thus, management must give premium to remote work if employee job is to be enriched is to be enhanced. The study therefore recommended that management should ensure that tension and strain between the roles undertaken by employees in the separate domains of work and family are well managed; also, management should ensure that employees strictly align their focus with the working plan of the organisation.