CellPress ARTICLE INFO Keywords: Workload Research article Perception of workload balance and employee job satisfaction in work organisations a, Henry Inegbedion Emmanuel Inegbedion, Adeshola Peter, Lydia Harry Department of Business udies, Landmark University, KM 4, Ipetu Road, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria b Nigeria Broadcast Academy, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria Employee workload Perception of workload balance Job satisfaction Role alliance Economics Business Psychology Sociology Activism. Aging and life course 1. Introduction Heliyon 6 (2020) e03160 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.cell.com/heliyon Heliyon ABSTRACT Employee workload and task complexities are functions of organisa- tional structures. Even within the same organisation, employee task re- quirements vary since employees of the same rank may be unequally tasked. The discrepancies in workload may be largely influenced by educational qualification, area of specialisation or position in th