Abstract:
Part-time jobs have been considered as one of the factors influencing students‟ academic
performances. This study aims to examine the impact of part-time jobs on student‟s academic
performances in the faculty of humanities and social sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. A
quantitative approach was used. Three hundred and sixty (360) students were chosen as the samples
of this study. Students‟ academic results in the form GPA, the amount of time spent on a part-time
job, as well as types of jobs the students involved in, scrutinized to see the relation between part-time
jobs and their academic result. Using a Simple random sampling method collected data from students
of 13 departments in the faculty of Humanities and Social science. It was taken equal proportion
respectively. Kie square test, factor analyzing, and Anova test used for data analysis. The results of
the data analysis,68% of the total student ratio is in part-time employment and 32.7 percentage is not
involved in part-time employment. Thus, the median test of two independent samples using the GPA
is used to study whether part-time employment has an impact on the academic performance of
undergraduates. The average of grades obtained by the students at the end of the second and third
years was examined separately. Two hypotheses were tested. H1 hypothesis is accepted. That means
there is no significant difference between education performance and engaging on or off part-time
jobs. According to the study, results can be identified as there is no impact on education performance
whether engaging on or off part-time jobs. Students were engaged 20 hours per week in part-time
jobs and however, they covered their missed lessons before examinations. The main reason for
engaging part-time job for to full fill the financial needs. If university students continue to focus on
the jobs, they choose as part-time jobs and engage in jobs that are relevant to their field of study, then
student productivity, as well as efficiency, will increase.
Keywords: Impact; Performance; Part-time; University; Students
