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    WORK LIFE BALANCE AS A PANACEA FOR INNOVATIVE CAPACITY FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS
    (Advances in Management, A Publication of the Department of Business Administrtaion, University of Ilorin, 2019-05-01) Kuranga, M.O, Mustapha, M.I, Akanbi, L.K., Ajeigbe, M.B
    Women in modern times are faced with task of managing their domestic roles and work responsibilities. Work life balance has been a growing concern for women entrepreneurs especially in the informal sector in Nigeria. Today, businesses are characterized with persistent changes, uncertainties and excessive pressure to increase productivity especially in the fashion world. This incessant demand on their time for work and family as well as the effort to enhance performance affects the balance in the lives of women entrepreneurs. Inadequate attention to work demands, family workload, wellbeing and spousal support have created a major problem and pressure causing disequilibrium between work life and family life for women entrepreneurs. Thus, the main objective of the study was to determine the effect of work life balance on the performance of women entrepreneurs in the informal sector of South-west Nigeria while the specific objectives were: to determine the relationship between work-life balance and business growth; examine the extent to which work-life balance affects innovativeness of women entrepreneurs; determine the effect of work-life balance on job satisfaction; and examine the extent to which work-life balance affects service delivery of women entrepreneurs in the informal sector in South-western Nigeria.The study adopted a cross sectional survey using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches to deliver a detailed understanding and deeper insights of the variables. A sample size of 10 respondents were selected using multi-stage sampling techniques from the 25,122 registered members of the Nigerian union of Tailors in Lagos State. A combination of structured questionnaire and in-depth interviews were adopted for data collection and this was analyzed using Smart PLS- Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Thematic Analysis (Nvivo 12) respectively. The study found that work demands coefficient of determination, R2 = 0.787; Family workload coefficient of determination, R2 = 0.523; well-being coefficient of determination, R2= 0.495 and spousal support coefficient of determination, R2= 0.792. The thematic analysis of the interviews revealed that work life balance have a positive effect on performance of women entrepreneurs. Other components of Work life balance like healthy living, technological support, community networks and support were also identified from the thematic analysis to improve performance of women entrepreneurs. The study concluded that balancing business roles with other necessities of life have significant effect on business growth and performance of women entrepreneurs in the informal sector in South-west Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommended that women entrepreneurs should adopt effective work life balance strategies by planning, organising and implementing time management strategies in their different life domains. Also women entrepreneurs should seek for help, adopt time management practices, delegate, prioritize, network and maximise support available to them to achieve optimum performance.