WORK-LIFE BALANCE, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, JOB SATISFACTION, AND INDONESIAN EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE
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https://doi.org/10.33736/ijbs.8355.2024Keywords:
work-life balance, employee performance, employee engagement, job satisfactionAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has been also impacting employees’ work-life. This study examined the effect of work-life balance on employee performance through employee engagement and job satisfaction as intermediate variables. It was quantitative research and used a non-probability sampling method. Data was collected through a questionnaire with 210 responses, and 207 were processed using SmartPLS. The results showed that work-life balance had no significant effect on employee performance. In contrast, the intermediate variables like employee engagement and job satisfaction significantly influenced employee performance. Likewise, the indirect impact of work-life balance on employee performance through employee engagement and job satisfaction had a significant effect.
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