Happiness in the Workplace of Women Lecturers Based on Work-Family Balance and Work Engagement

Abstract

Introduction. Happiness at work is one of the components that can determine the achievement of one's success at work. Lecturers are teaching staff at the tertiary level who are an important component of the education system. Lecturers who have happiness at work will have a higher work engagement with their work, have a high concentration in doing their work, are always enthusiastic in doing all their work, and are always enthusiastic in completing all their work. The purpose of this study was to theoretically test the variables of work-family balance and work engagement on the happiness of female lecturers. 
 Methods. This research is quantitative research with non-experimental methods. Respondents in this study consisted of 200 female lecturer respondents, who had worked for at least 1 year, had been married for at least 1 year, and had a Masters's degree. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling. There are three measurement tools used in this study, namely happiness at work, work-family balance, and work engagement.
 Results and Discussion. Retrieval of data in this study using a questionnaire in the form of google form. Testing the validity of this study using the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) which involves an expert in psychology. Data analysis in this study used multiple linear regression analysis techniques with the help of the SPSS.26 for windows program. The research results show that the hypothesis in this study is accepted. This means that the work-family balance and work engagement variables have a very significant effect on the happiness of female lecturers by 67.8%.