Academic performance among working adult learners in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

Work-life balance and time management is very important for individuals to ensure a sense of balance of achievement and pleasure in their life. In the context of working while studying, there are certain important aspects that need to be taken seriously so that both can be done well. This study was...

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Main Author: Zati Zulaikha, Zulkifli
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Published: 2020
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spelling my-uum-etd.91982024-03-17T07:06:47Z Academic performance among working adult learners in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) 2020 Zati Zulaikha, Zulkifli Aziz, Azelin School of Business Management School of Business Management L Education (General) Work-life balance and time management is very important for individuals to ensure a sense of balance of achievement and pleasure in their life. In the context of working while studying, there are certain important aspects that need to be taken seriously so that both can be done well. This study was conducted to determine the relationship of work-life balance and time management toward academic performance among working adult learner in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). This research was based on the Adult Learning Theory by Knowles (1984) and Spillover theory. A survey data from 212 postgraduate part time students of Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB) were used in order to achieve the objective of this study. The regression results showed that time management is significantly and positively related to the academic performance, but work-life balance show negative relationship toward academic performance. The implications of the theory, practical, academic and regulations of the findings in this study were discussed in detail. Therefore, this study concluded that the work life balance and time management has become a vital link to the academic performance of working adult learner. 2020 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9198/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9198/1/s824872_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9198/2/s824872_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9198/3/s824872_references.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor Aziz, Azelin
topic L Education (General)
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Zati Zulaikha, Zulkifli
Academic performance among working adult learners in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
description Work-life balance and time management is very important for individuals to ensure a sense of balance of achievement and pleasure in their life. In the context of working while studying, there are certain important aspects that need to be taken seriously so that both can be done well. This study was conducted to determine the relationship of work-life balance and time management toward academic performance among working adult learner in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). This research was based on the Adult Learning Theory by Knowles (1984) and Spillover theory. A survey data from 212 postgraduate part time students of Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB) were used in order to achieve the objective of this study. The regression results showed that time management is significantly and positively related to the academic performance, but work-life balance show negative relationship toward academic performance. The implications of the theory, practical, academic and regulations of the findings in this study were discussed in detail. Therefore, this study concluded that the work life balance and time management has become a vital link to the academic performance of working adult learner.
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url https://etd.uum.edu.my/9198/1/s824872_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/9198/2/s824872_02.pdf
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