Role of Job Satisfaction: Work-life balance and Employee Performance

Abstract The study attempts to understand the mechanism for strengthening the relationship between work-life balance and employee performance. Pre-existing questionnaire was used for collecting data through convenience sampling. Data were collected from a total of 398 millennial employees working information technology industry operating in India. Analysis of the data was done using structural equation modelling. The results of the study show that job satisfaction strengthens the relationship between formal organizational career development support and employee engagement. The study attempts to understand the importance of job satisfaction in the relationship between work-life balance and employee performance through social-exchange theory. Keywords – Work-life balance, job satisfaction, employee performance, social exchange theory