The Relationship Of Problem-Based Coping And Emotion-Based Coping On Employees’ Work-Life Balance Of Public Sector In Kuching

This study aims to determine the relationship of problem-based coping and emotion-based coping on employees’ work-life balance in public sector of Kuching. The theory that used in this study is role theory. The research used survey methodology which involved the utilization of questionnaire and were distributed to 80 respondents who work in public sector which located in Kuching, Sarawak. The relationship between problem-based coping and emotionbased coping was analyzed using Pearson’s Correlation analysis. The results revealed that there is significant relationship between problem-based coping and emotion-based coping on employees’ work-life balance in public sector of Kuching. Hence, from this study, organization plays important role especially the managers and Human Resource practitioners to give awareness to the employees and the employees need to choose the most effective coping strategies to balance their work and life. In order to gain future insight regarding the area of this study, the future researcher can use other coping strategies as independent variables