The relationships between career development programs, work-life balance programs towards affective commitment among lecturers at one public university in Perak / Nor Farahatul Husna Mohd Saleh Hudin

This study aimed to examine the significant relationship between career development, work-life balance towards affective commitment. A total of 68 lecturers in one of the public university in Perak were selected as respondents through simple random sampling. The conceptual framework of this study is career development and work-life balance as independent variables and affective commitment as dependent variable. This study utilized the quantitative research design method using survey questionnaire. Finding indicates that the lecturer perception level of frequency of career development is high (M = 3.78, SD= .770), while the perception of level of frequency of work-life balance is high (M = 3.43, SD = 1.055). Affective Commitment and career development was positive, strong and significant (r = .325; p < .01) but Work Personal Life Balance and affective commitment was positive, weak and significant (r = .175; p < .01 ).