: 10.56472/25835238/IRJEMS-V4I12P117
Rini Juni Astuti, Ahmad Wahid Fatkhurrahman Saleh. "The Art of Balance: Do Job Satisfaction and Work Belonginess mediate Quality of Work Life on Work Life Balance?" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 140-147, 2025. Crossref. http://doi.org/10.56472/25835238/IRJEMS-V4I12P117
This study will analyze Quality of Work Life (QWL), Job Satisfaction (JS), Work Belonginess (WB), and Work Life Balance (WLB). This quantitative study was executed via a survey methodology. This research encompassed 118 Civil Service Police Unit personnel, with data acquisition conducted via questionnaire and processed via SmartPLS 4.0. The findings of this study suggest that firms must enchance learning and development opportunities for Civil Service Police Unit members to elevate their happiness and work belonginess. Support from colleagues is essential for attaining equilibrium between professional and personal and personal life, so it is imperative to enhance a healthy and productive work atmosphere. This study shows that job satisfaction does affect the work life balance because he influence of various factors on work life balance can change over time and in different contexts. And Job satisfaction does not function as a mediator in the relationship between quality of work life and work-life balance. Other factors, like work-family interference, may have a more significant impact on clarifying this relationship. The findings support the importance of maintaining work-life balance and quality of work life within the Civil Service Police Unit of Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Quality of Work Life, Job Satisfaction, Work Belonginess, Work Life Balance.