Beyond Stressors: A Contextual Analysis Of Work-Life Balance And Performance In Bangladesh's Tourist Police

Bhuiyan T, Nepo NI, Chowdhury S and Joardar SI

Published on: 2025-11-20

Abstract

Bangladesh’s tourism sector's rapid growth has increased the operational and emotional requirements on the tourist police, highlighting the importance of understanding how work–life balance influences their job performance. This study explores aspects of work-life balance, including time management, emotional involvement, work–family conflict, organizational culture, workload, and support systems, within the context of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, and Work-Family Border theory. Using a quantitative survey of 263 tourist police officers across major tourist areas and analyzed through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), the research explains 46.6% of the variance in job performance. Results indicate that effective time management is the most significant positive factor affecting performance, while workload and work–family conflict also have context-dependent positive impacts. Emotional involvement, organizational culture, and support systems show no significant correlations. Theoretically, the study extends the JD-R and COR frameworks by demonstrating how specific work demands can function as motivational resources in resource-limited, collectivist settings. It offers practical recommendations for law enforcement and tourism authorities to improve performance through targeted time-management training, balanced workloads, and culturally appropriate support systems.