THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK ENVIRONMENT AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN INFLUENCING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT THE GORONTALO REGENCY CIVIL SERVICE AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Abstract
This inquiry aimed to clarify the degree to which the organizational milieu, together with the equilibrium between occupational obligations and personal life, shapes employee performance, both as separate influences and as a combined set of determinants, within the Personnel and Human Resource Development Agency of Gorontalo Regency. The investigation adopted a quantitative design. Essential information was gathered through questionnaire instruments distributed to a purposively selected group of 48 officials. The resulting data were processed using descriptive summaries and inferential analyses, including t-tests, F-tests, and an adjusted coefficient of determination, with IBM SPSS 22 for Windows serving as the analytical platform. The findings demonstrate that the organizational environment produces a positive and statistically significant effect on employee performance in the agency. They also show that work–life balance contributes positively and significantly to performance outcomes. When evaluated jointly, these two variables enhance employees’ performance in a meaningful way. The adjusted R-squared value of 64.2 percent indicates that these predictors explain a substantial share of the performance variance, while the remaining 35.8 percent originates from other influences not addressed in the study. As a result, all research hypotheses are empirically supported and accepted.
Keywords: Work Environment; Work-Life Balance; Employee Performance
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