Abstract:
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of strategic work-life balance practice on external
labor mobility in public level five hospitals in Kenya. The study adopted the mixed research design method
involved a variety of analytical methods. The Spillover Theory of work-life balance was used to explain the
relationship between the variables under study. The study targeted a population of 4,388 medical officers
and nurses in the fourteen public level five hospitals in Kenya, from which a sample of 353 respondents were
selected using stratified random sampling methods while purposive sampling technique was used to select
the eight (8) public level five hospitals representing the former provinces in Kenya. Quantitative data was
analyzed using both descriptive and inferential methods. The descriptive statistical tools include the
frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. The findings of this research indicated that strategic
work-life balance practice was a significant predictor of external labour mobility. The study recommended
that the County Executive Committee Members in the department of health to develop a policy framework to
ensure that there are flexi-work programs in place, childcare policies/facilities and holding rooms (nap pods)
in the health care facilities. Future researchers should focus on other strategic human resource management
practices influencing external labour mobility especially on generational groups such as strategic recruitment
and selection, strategic orientation/induction programs, strategic voice, strategic involvement and
participation, strategic employee relations, strategic human resource planning and strategic reward
management practice.
