Work life balance and the effects of work life balance on employee productivity: afield study on the teachers of high schools and their equivalents in the district of kağIthane,iistanbul.

Starting from meeting our own and family's needs,work life which provides us in many ways,personel statisfaction and self-esteem and enables us to leave a trace in the world has been more and more demanding day by day over the total time and energy we consume. Depending on employee working years,age,career goals and periodical developments in their family life,priorities of employees vary between work and prvate life.In paralel with the increase in average life time,their crease in retirement age has made it obligatory for people who are supposed to spend most of their life working outside home to have a harmony between their private,family and work lives.Thus,while human resources whose capabilities and expectations are fulfilled in work life become the driving force of national economy,they could also strengthen the social pattern since they will be able to have enough time for both themselves and their families. Keywords: Employee, productivity, work-life balance.