The purpose of this study was to observe the effects that the work and life balance as perceived by hotel employees has on work ethic and organizational commitment and what effects work ethic has on organizational commitment and to present implications for human resource management based on the results. For this study, surveys were conducted on hotel employees of 4 star hotels located in Seoul for 32 days from April 8th, 2019 to May 9th and empirical analysis was conducted on 273 surveys. Analysis results showed that first, the work and leisure balance, the work and growth balance, and the work and family balance, which are balancing factors of work and life, affected work ethic and organizational commitment and that work ethic affected organizational commitment. Variables that give a positive effect on organizations were work ethic and organizational commitment. Also, as the work and life balance was what positively affected work ethic and organizational commitment, hotel management must actively adopt systems that work and life balance as desired by employees. In particular, it should be borne in mind that the work and leisure balance and the work and growth balance coincide with the current trends.