¹Nyimas Ratna Kinnary, ²Justine Tanuwijaya, ³Kurnia Indy Pratama S, ⁴Tuti Fatimah, ⁵Ismail Hakki Mirici

^1,2,3,4Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Trisakti

⁵Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Corresponding Author: Justine Tanuwijaya

This research aims to examine how emotional intelligence affects employee engagement. This research also reveals the influence of emotional intelligence on job satisfaction. Work-life balance is used as a mediating variable. Purposive sampling was used to choose the 194 respondents that would make up the research sample. Data analysis utilizing SmartPLS 3.0 software was used to test the hypothesis. Findings from this research indicate that employee engagement is influenced by emotional intelligence both directly and indirectly. Additionally, job satisfaction is influenced both directly and indirectly by emotional intelligence. The findings of this research reveal that, despite each person's distinct work-life balance circumstances, emotional intelligence may be utilized to increase employee satisfaction.

emotional intelligence, employee engagement, jobs satisfaction, work-life balance

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