Available Online at www.e-iph.co.uk Indexed in Clarivate Analytics WoS, and ScienceOPEN AcE-Bs2022Cherating https://www.amerabra.org 10 th Asian Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies Holiday Villa Beach Resort, Cherating, Malaysia, 08-09 Jun 2022 eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC- ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i20.3477 421 Managing Family and Work: The search for the ideal work-life balance Mazni Saad 1 , Aishah Nawwarah Jaafar 1 , Mohd Hanafi Azman Ong 2 , Eni Yulinda 3 , Mokana Muthu Kumarasamy 4 1 Department of Tourism, Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia, Edu Hub Pagoh, 84600 Muar, Johor, Malaysia. 2 Department of Statistics and Decision Sciences, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences,Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor (Kampus Segamat),85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia. 3 Department of Fisheries Socio Economic, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, University of Riau, Kampus Bina Widya, KM. 12.5 Simpangbaru Tampan, 28293 Pekanbaru, Province of Riau, Indonesia. 4 Department of Administrative Management and Human Resources, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia maznisaad@iium.edu.my, nawwarahj1909@gmail.com, napieong@uitm.edu.my, eni.yulinda@lecturer.unri.ac.id , mokana@unisel.edu.my Tel: 60178787543 Abstract Employers in the food and beverage (F&B) industry require many high-skilled and well-trained professionals but workers are often exploited in the industry. Aiming to answer if personal health, personal time management, and family matters affect the work-life balance (WLB) of F&B employees, which family matters played a mediator role. The data of 108 responses was analysed through the PROCESS analysis and Sobel's Test. The regression analysis shows that family matters are a mediator of the relationship between personal health and personal time management and WLB indicating that the variable is vital in ensuring a healthy WLB among F&B’s employees. Keywords: Family matters; Personal health; Personal time management; Quality of life eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC- ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i20.3477 1,0 Introduction 1.1 Quality of Life of the Hospitality Employees This study highlights the quality of life (QOL) of food and beverage (F&B) employees, and how family matters are important to their work- life balance (WLB). Family matter in this study is conceptualized as any causing factors that arise in everyday life issues such as bully, dating, violence, and its connection with a matrimonial or familial. The WLB of F&B employees is critical because they are one of the driving forces of global economic growth, accounting for one in every eleven jobs (UNWTO, 2021). Nevertheless, the International Labour Organization (ILO) (2021) has reported several challenges to the current employment situation in the hospitality sector. First, since 2008, average employment growth has slowed by 0.8%. Second, more than 60% of hospitality workers have unstable employment contracts. The ILO also stated that less than 45% of hospitality workers were employed full-time, and that the percentage is dropping. Due to that, it was postulated that more than 11 million workers could lose their jobs in 2019. However, according to ILO projections, the hospitality