The influence of workplace happiness and innovative work behavior on job satisfaction mediated by work engagement

Rosdaniati Rosdaniati,Muafi Muafi

doi:10.20525/ijrbs.v10i7.1457

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the influence of workplace happiness and innovative work behavior on job satisfaction mediated by work engagement on employees of a private university in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research is quantitative with a sample of 100 people taken through proportional stratified random sampling. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM). The conclusion of this study is that there is a positive influence between workplace happiness and innovative work behavior on job satisfaction, there is a positive influence between workplace happiness and work engagement, there is a positive influence between work engagement and job satisfaction, and there is a positive influence between workplace happiness on job satisfaction mediated by work engagement.

Highlights

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenging environment for human resource management
These results indicate that the first hypothesis (H1) is accepted, or there is a positive influence of workplace happiness on job satisfaction
These results indicate that the second hypothesis (H2) is accepted, or there is a positive influence of workplace happiness on work engagement

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenging environment for human resource management. Management must be able to venture into the unknown while seeking to help the workforce to adapt and cope with radical changes in both their work environment and social environment. Employees who previously worked indoors must be physically restricted and must be able to adapt remotely to their original work environment (Carnevale & Hatak, 2020). The respondents who gave a positive response show an accordance with the results of the study conducted by Matofani & Djastuti (2016) which stated that fun at work positively and significantly influences job satisfaction. The negative response found is in accordance with the prior research carried out by Shagvaliyeva & Yazdanifard (2014) who stated that employees tend to have difficulty to adapt in the workplace with high level of flexibility to carry out daily work activities. Zhang (2016) explained that when the boundaries of a job are removed, employees tend to experience various disturbances (for example, family matters) which cause them to become unfocused at work, thereby reducing their level of job satisfaction

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