Influence of work-life balance, perceived organizational support and job satisfaction on employee engagement due to covid-19 pandemic in the industrial sector

• Main Author: Kalaivani, Veelayutham
• Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: HF Commerce
• Online Access: http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4860/1/27_Kalaivani_Veelayutham_1702919.pdf; http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4860/

This research paper’s general objective is to determine the influence of employees’ engagement in the industrial sector due to Covid-19 pandemic and the specific objectives is to identify the relationship between employee engagement and the three independent variables: work-life balance, perceived organizational balance and job satisfaction. Journals and articles are used and adopted in this research for further research and to construct questionnaire. The sampling technique used in this research is snowball sampling and the sample size used is 200 respondents. To analyse the relationship between employee engagement ad the three independent variables, the researcher used SPSS software version 27.0. The analysis that was conducted in this research is descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, Multiple regression analysis, and the test of significance. From this study, the researcher can conclude that job satisfaction has positively correlates with employee engagement, while work-life balance and perceived organizational support has a negative relationship. Apart from that, some limitations of the study: limited variables, limited information obtained from quantitative data collection method and lack of comprehension of the questionnaire questions along with some recommendation for future research: consideration of other variables, consideration of qualitative data collection method and construct a bilingual survey. Therefore, future researchers can identify the way to enhance this issue for future research.