The Effect of Part Time Jobs on University Students’ Academic Achievement

1. Fatima Saddique (Corresponding Author)

MPhil Scholar, Department of Education, Virtual University, Lahore

Pakistan. Email: fatimasaddique@gmail.com

2. Dr. Farhana Khurshid Associate Professor, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi

3. Dr. Bushra Inayat Raja PhD in Leadership and Management from UCL Institute of Education.

University of London, UK. Email: bushra_edu@hotmail.com

Abstract

This research investigated the effect of Part-time jobs on university student’ academic achievement. A

sample of 150 students from 3 reputed public sector universities was examined for this purpose. Both

students of arts and science departments were the sample of the research. A quantitative approach

was used to investigate the effect of part-time job on university students’ academic achievement. The

factors that were used to find out perceived effect of Part-time jobs on university students’ academic

achievements were students’ GPA, working hours in a day, type of part-time job, as well as workload

at job. The findings of the study showed that part-time jobs have a positive effect on students’ GPA as

it was above 2.6. It was also found in a few cases, the students having part time jobs have taken more

time to complete their degree than the other students. Moreover, the respondents were satisfied with

their job but not satisfied with their salary, with most students supported the freedom provided by the

job. Students believed their part-time job would help them find employment and they wanted to have

such a job in future. These students have flexible work schedules and also worked on weekends. They

believed that getting a part-time job will help them break into the workforce and increase their

prospects of landing better positions in future. Therefore, having a part-time job is quite helpful for

university students.