Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the effects of choice theory in group counseling on work-life balance of an air condition manufacturing employees. The sample consisted of 12 air condition manufacturing employees, who had the lowest scored on the work-life balance scale. The 12 employees were randomly assigned into the experimental group and the control group, with six members each. The experimental group received a choice theory program two times a week for 10 times the treatment lasted 60 to 90 minutes each time. The instruments were the work-life balance scale and choice theory group counseling program. The data collection procedure was done in three phases: the pre-test, the post-test, and the follow-up. The data were analyzed by repeated-measure analysis of variance: one between-subjects and one within-subjects.
The results revealed that the interaction between the methods and the duration of the experimental was found statisfically significant at .05 level. The air condition manufacturing employees in the experimental group demonstrated significantly higher at .05 level on the work-life balance scores in both the post-test and the follow-up than did the control group.