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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025): June

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Sustaining the Job Perfomance of Public Workers by Upholding the Work-Life Balance, and Self-Efficacy

https://doi.org/10.24252/minds.v12i1.56041
Asniwati Asniwati
Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Nobel Indonesia, Indonesia

Corresponding Author(s) : Asniwati Asniwati

asniwati@stienobel-indonesia.ac.id

Jurnal Minds: Manajemen Ide dan Inspirasi, Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025): June

Abstract

This study explores how work-life balance and self-efficacy affect employee performance at the Cooperative and SMEs Office of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, with job satisfaction as a mediating variable. The research offers a clearer view of how these factors influence performance through different channels. Using a saturated sample of 188 civil servants and path analysis, the study finds that self-efficacy improves both job satisfaction and performance. Work-life balance improves performance but does not affect job satisfaction. Job satisfaction helps explain the effect of self-efficacy on performance, but not the effect of work-life balance. These results show that confidence and personal agency play a stronger role than work-life arrangements in driving public employee performance. For managers, this means focusing on self-efficacy development may offer more impact than relying on structural policy changes alone.

Keywords

Work Life Balance Self-Efficacy Job Performance Job Satisfaction Public Workers
Asniwati, A. (2025). Sustaining the Job Perfomance of Public Workers by Upholding the Work-Life Balance, and Self-Efficacy. Jurnal Minds: Manajemen Ide Dan Inspirasi, 12(1), 105–116. https://doi.org/10.24252/minds.v12i1.56041
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Asniwati Asniwati, Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Nobel Indonesia

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