Fringe benefits and executive performance: Examining the mediating role of job satisfaction through PLS-SEM

Any organization's ability to retain and inspire its most important personnel hinges on fringe perks. This study uses job satisfaction as a mediator to examine how fringe benefits affect worker performance. A 92% valid response rate was attained by gathering data from 160 top-level personnel in various Belagavi City sectors. The model explained 48% of the variance (R2 = 0.48) in employee performance using SmartPLS 4.0 and PLS-SEM. According to the results, fringe benefits have a considerable impact on job satisfaction (β = 0.41, p