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The Impact of Work-Life Balance on Job Engagement and Turnover Intention

South East Asian Journal of Management

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Title The Impact of Work-Life Balance on Job Engagement and Turnover Intention
 
Creator Nor Siah Jaharuddin; Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Liyana Nadia Zainol; Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
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work-life balance, job engagement, turnover intention
 
Description Research Aims: Work-life balance (WLB) and employee engagement are regarded as factors or catalysts with the potential to ensure a firm's continuous growth. Hence, imbalance between work and personal life causes higher stress that might lead to greater turnover intention among employees. As such, employees' ability to achieve WLB with organisational support should lead to higher job engagement, commitment and better job performance. This study examines a holistic view of the link between WLB, job engagement and turnover intention.   Design/Methodology/Approach: Data was gathered using a quantitative study by distributing a questionnaire survey to 213 executive employees in Klang Valley, Malaysia.   Research Findings: Interestingly, the findings revealed a direct relationship between work-life conflicts and job engagement and turnover intention. There is also a significant correlation of job engagement to employees' turnover intention. However, no mediation effect of job engagement is found between WLB and turnover intention. Theoretical Contribution/Originality: This study links all the three variables-WLB, job engagement and turnover intention-in a holistic way. Managerial Implications in the Southeast Asian Context: It is imperative to have WLB practices in organisations to support employees in order to ensure their well-being and thus, increase their engagement and retention. These findings, discovered among executives in Malaysia, provide recommendations to practitioners on this topic, including companies and regulatory bodies.   Research Limitations and Implications: Most of the samples were drawn from the millennial generation; their expectations towards work life intervals might be different from mature adults.
 
Publisher Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia
 
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Date 2019-04-30
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article
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Identifier http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/tseajm/article/view/10912
 
Source The South East Asian Journal of Management; Vol 13, No 1 (2019): April 2019
 
Language en
 
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