Abstract :

Work-life balance has become increasingly important within the changing employment environment. However, evidence on how employees actively regulate the boundary between their professional and personal roles continues to be shaped largely by studies from Global North and office-based settings. This study investigates the influence of behaviour-based and cognition-based personal interventions on the three dimensions of work-life balance outcomes: work-related, nonwork-related, and stress-related. Adopting a quantitative, cross-sectional, and explanatory approach, data were gathered through a self-administered online survey from 427 employees representing various industries across Indonesia. Multiple linear regression models were then estimated, corresponding to each outcome dimension. The results showed that all models were statistically significant and that both intervention types were statistically significant to predict the three outcome domains. Behaviour-based interventions produce the strongest effect, particularly for work-related outcomes (β = 0.635) and stress-related outcomes (β = 0.625). Cognition-based intervention also contributes significantly, with their largest effect found for nonwork-related outcomes (β = 0.340). The work-related outcomes model has the strongest explanatory power with an adjusted R² of 0.809. Overall, the findings indicate that behavioural and cognitive interventions operate as complementary mechanisms and broaden the relevance of previous studies’ findings of personal-intervention framework in the wider multisector workforce in Indonesia.

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Keywords :

behaviour-based intervention, cognition-based intervention, Employee Well-being, Indonesia, Work life Balance

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