The Effect of Work-life Balance on the Psychological Wellbeing Among Female Civil Servants Occupying Structural Positions in the Makassar Municipal Administration
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https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v10i16.19186Keywords:
work-life balance, psychological well-being, female civil servantAbstract
In today’s fast-paced world, all employees face the same challenge of finding ways to balance their work and personal lives. Due to the numerous changes in gender roles, families, work, and careers over the past 50 years, research on work-life balance has gained popularity. Work-life balance is now one of the psychosocial workplace variables that influence how well-off a person is psychologically. The purpose of this study is to identify the connection between work-life balance and the psychological wellbeing of Makassar City’s female civil servants in structural positions. A quantitative approach is used with the number of respondents consisting of 95 female civil servants on Makassar SKPD in the form of Bagian, Badan, dan Instansi. This research implemented the purposive sample method, focusing on women who hold leadership roles in Makassar City’s structural positions. The work-life balance scale and the psychological well-being scale, which are adapted based on the theory utilized, are the scales used in this study. Results showed that psychological well-being was positively and significantly impacted by work-life balance. The work-life balance variable’s R squared coefficient for the psychological well-being variable is 0.120. The findings show that work-life balance affects 12% of the variable psychological well-being and that other factors affect the remaining 80%.
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