The effects of Factors Social Support and Organizational Culture on Work Happiness: Work Life Balance as a Mediator

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study personal factors, social support level,  Organizational culture level, work-life balance level, and job happiness of employees working in a savings cooperative; 2) compare work-life balance and job happiness classified by demographic factors; 3) examine the compatibility of the causal model of factors affecting job happiness with empirical data; 4) analyze the path of factors affecting job happiness of employees working in a savings cooperative; and 5) study the direct and indirect influences of factors affecting job happiness of employees working in a savings cooperative. The target population used in this research was 95 employees working in a savings corporation.  A questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. Descriptive statistics, independent samples  t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient, and structural equation modeling were used. The results showed that: 1) employees' opinions on job happiness were at a high level; 2) different age groups had different work-life balance; 3) the developed model was consistent with empirical data; 4) Social Support and Organizational Culture Influence Work Happiness Through Work Life Balance 5) the model consisted of variables that directly influenced job happiness, namely work-life balance; and variables that indirectly influenced job happiness, namely social support and organizational culture, which influenced job happiness through work-life balance.