Abstract
Teachers in South Nias still adhere to their culture and customs. They really hope that they are given the opportunity to get permission to attend indigenous cultural and cultural events as part ofbalancing work and life.Most of the teachers in South Nias only have the status of non-permanent teachers, or volunteers, but they are very proud of being teachers even with a small salary. Participants in this study were 46 junior highpublic school teachers in remote villages. Data were analyzed by Partial Least Square method to test the mediation effect to determine the effect of exogenous constructs with endogenous constructs through mediating variables. The result showed that work life balance had a positive and significant influence on self-esteem and job satisfaction. Self-esteem has a positive and significant influence on job satisfaction. Moreover, the total effect of work life balance on job satisfaction increases after mediated by self-esteem.
Highlights
South of Nias is one of the districts in North Sumatra province located on Nias Island
The Work Life Balance (WLB) variable has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction. This value is able to be corrected if the WLB is mediated by Self-Esteem
The results of this study prove that teachers who are given the opportunity to balance work and life outside of work will have job satisfaction when mediated by the Self-Esteem variable
Summary
South of Nias is one of the districts in North Sumatra province located on Nias Island. Work-life balance on self-esteem.WLB aims to provide opportunities for teachers as a form of appreciation for teachers so that they are still given the opportunity to continue teaching, besides being allowed to be involved in family affairs, customs and culture. This situation makes teachers proud of themselves and evaluates positively about themselves; Self-esteem consists of personal opinions from staff that they are valuable and considered important in the organization(Zorlu, 2012). Data were analyzed using mediation effect testing to be able to find out the influence between exogenous constructs (Work-life balance) and endogenous constructs (Job satisfaction) through mediator variables (Self-esteem)
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