~ 307 ~ ISSN Print: 2394-7500 ISSN Online: 2394-5869 Impact Factor: 5.2 IJAR 2018; 4(6): 307-315 www.allresearchjournal.com Received: 01-04-2018 Accepted: 05-05-2018 Dr. Olufemi A Aladejebi The Great Business Clinic Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria Correspondence Dr. Olufemi A Aladejebi The Great Business Clinic Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria Measuring work-life balance among female owners of community pharmacies in Nigeria Dr. Olufemi A Aladejebi Abstract Traditionally, men are associated with entrepreneurship in Nigeria. However, with the increase in civilization, educational pursuits by women and business skills and talent shown by women a lot of women entrepreneurs have emerged including women community pharmacy owners. The main objective of this study was to examine the impact of work-life balance (WLB) on Female community pharmacy owners in Nigeria. To achieve this objective data was collected through questionnaire from 123 community pharmacy owners. The data gathered was analyzed using the SPSS software. The five Likert points 39 statements consisted of five areas. Overall WLB of Female pharmacy owners was generally below average. Role overload and Dependent care issues are major challenges faced by these female pharmacy owners. Time management, effective human resource management, and a strong support network can help female pharmacy owners improve on their WLB rating. This research study will be of great use to female owners of community pharmacy, academicians, researchers, Government agencies, and human resources practitioners, to understand and help to address the WLB issues confronting Nigerian women entrepreneurs. Keywords: Women pharmacists, work-life balance, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship 1. Introduction Nigeria among other African traditional societies believes women are only relevant in domestic affairs and management, while African Men are expected to be the income earners. For a long time, the African culture has restricted the activities of women to a place and positioning in the home (Kayode-Adedeji, Ige, & Ekanem, 2016) [36] . This notion is changing today, as many more women are going into entrepreneurship (Uzuegbunam, 2106) [54] . Traditional roles played by women are changing as a result of changes in family configuration. This has given women the opportunity to take more practical and functional roles in the society (Mordi, Simpson, Singh & Okafor, 2010) [40] . From the late 20 th Century, Nigeria women intensified their participation in entrepreneurial activities. This came as a result of economic downturn, the high cost of living, low per capita income, desire to support the family et al. (Uzuegbunam, 2106) [54] . Women entrepreneurs face a lot of life challenges. These include child care, household duties. Besides this, women entrepreneurs have to contend with business challenges. Therefore, an average woman entrepreneur has to find the right balance between personal life and business life (Ionescu & Ionescu, 2015) [35] . In many societies, men are considered to be breadwinners while women are expected to be responsible for family duties (Brush, 1992) [11] . Women can only take up business opportunities after they have taken care of responsibilities relating to household, children upbringing and education (Costin, 2012) [16] . Work-life balance is perceived to be more of women concern as a result of the traditional mindset, where an average woman is seen to be primarily responsible for the running the daily affairs of the home irrespective of what her job entails. Therefore, managing home affairs and career is understood to be more difficult for women than men (Sigroha, 2014) [48] . The multidimensional roles played by women at home and workplace coupled with frustration and stress lead to work-life imbalance. WLB is the effective combination of professional life with personal obligations with perfect harmony (Tomazevic, Kozjek & Stare, 2014). It also means lack of conflict between personal and professional life (Tomazevic, Kozjek & Stare, 2014) [52] . International Journal of Applied Research 2018; 4(6): 307-315