The relationship between stress, workload, and time management towards students performance

Worklife balance 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 worklife balance (i.e stress, workload, and time management) among part time postgraduate student performance in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). A survey data from 155
postgraduate part time students of Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business were used in order to achieve the objective of this study. The regression results showed that the stress and time management is significantly and positively related to the student performance. It also showed that workload have negative
relationships on student 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 worklife balance has become a vital link to the performance of part-time working students.