ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCE FACTORS OF WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION AFFECTING PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING OF EMPLOYEES WORKING AT HOME IN THE COVID-19 RISK AREAS
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, personnel in high-risk areas have had to adapt to working from home. Organizations that support work-life integration can enhance both work efficiency and employee well-being. This study aims to examine the congruence of a causal and effective model of work-life integration on job performance and well-being among home-based workers in COVID-19 high-risk areas with empirical data. This study aimed to examine the goodness of fit between the developed causal model antecedents and the consequence of work-life integration affecting the performance and well-being of employees working at home in the COVID-19 risk area and empirical data. Data was collected from 530 employees working at home by questionnaires. Statistical analysis of the structural equation model (SEM) was used. The results revealed that: 1) the proposed model was modified to fit the data and chi-square value and goodness of fit indices of the model were acceptable: χ2/2 = 2.19 GFI = .94 AGFI = .91 SRMR = .04 RMSEA = .04 and CN = 308.40, work-life integration, well-being, self-management, resilience, and working environment accounted for 62 percent of the variance in performance; 2) work-life integration had a direct effect on well-being; 3) work-life integration and well-being had a direct effect on performance; 4) self-management, resilience, and working environment had direct effect on work-life integration; and 5) work-life integration had indirect effect on performance through well-being.
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