Work-Life Balance: An Inhibiting or Supporting Employee Engagement on Performance?

Abstract

In an increasingly competitive business environment, employee engagement has
become a crucial factor in determining the success of an organization.
Employees who are actively engaged in their work demonstrate higher levels of
productivity, stronger innovation, and greater loyalty to the organization.
However, the main challenge currently faced is how to ensure that employee
engagement can effectively improve performance. One of the factors that can
moderate this relationship is work-life balance, which plays an important role in
maintaining employee well-being while also improving employee performance
at the North Sumatra Provincial Statistics Office (BPS). This study explores the
role of work-life balance as a moderating variable that affects employee
engagement on performance using a descriptive quantitative approach. The
research population consists of 111 employees of the North Sumatra Provincial
Statistics Office using a saturated sampling technique. Data collection
techniques were carried out through questionnaires and structured interviews.
Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, reliability and validity tests, as
well as Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The
research results prove that employee engagement has a positive and significant
impact on employee performance. However, work-life balance hinders the
impact of employee engagement on employee performance.