Influence of Work-Life Balance with Work Motivation as Mediating Factor on Job Satisfaction A Prediction toward Transition to New Normal Situation

This study aimed to examine the effect of work-life balance and work motivation on job satisfaction. The literature review used to discuss the dynamics between variables is work-life balance, motivation and job satisfaction. The approach to this research is quantitative, and the number of respondents involved in this study was 212 people who filled out the survey through an online survey. We collect data during new normal situations. The data analysis technique in this study refers to the structural equation model. The results obtained show that all hypotheses are proven. In other words, this study has shown that work-life balance affects job satisfaction, then work motivation affects job satisfaction, and work-life balance can mediate work motivation on job satisfaction.


INTRODUCTION
The Covid-19 pandemic situation that we are facing has brought changes to our daily lives. There are restrictions on activities in office areas due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, which is currently spreading in Indonesia and throughout the world. Every company in Indonesia sets new policies based on regulations issued by the Indonesian government related to the pandemic situation we are facing, one of which is social distancing. The existence of social distancing requires employees to do work in their respective homes. A sudden change in work-life makes every employee have to adapt to a new environment, which impacts our work habits. Based on a survey conducted by Jobstreet Indonesia filled with 5,617 participants regarding changes in work and personal life since the Covid-19 pandemic, most workers or 86% have experienced some changes since the outbreak. Nearly 46% of employees are required to work from home, most likely 50% work for a longer duration, and nearly half (or 48%) have changed working hours and do domestic work (Source: jobstreetindonesia.com, 2020).
Currently, companies have opened their operating hours in the office with regulations that they must obey regarding pandemic conditions. As times goes by, we A balance between work and life is essential because it can lead to a healthy and prosperous life (mentally and physically). Research done shows that work-life balance affects job satisfaction (Kaliannan et al., 2016;Blackburn et al., 2017;Hasan & Teng, 2017). Long before the pandemic, the current research found that work-life balance has a positive influence on the level of job satisfaction of employees (Putra et al., 2020). Worklife balance has a positive role in supporting the improvement of job satisfaction (Wolor et al., 2020;Gigauri, 2020) and work motivation which also plays a role in achieving job satisfaction. A positive attitude can make motivation levels higher and trigger job satisfaction. The results show that work motivation has a positive relationship and significant effect on job satisfaction (Rozzaid et al., 2015;Maurya & Agarwal, 2018;Parimita et al., 2018). However, research done long before the pandemic and during the pandemic found exciting findings when employees are accustom to the new environment, such as work from home. It is a different working atmosphere, affecting their motivation and tends to changes quickly, and it would disappear when they try to push themself Tovmasyan & Minasyan, 2020).
Transition to a new normal situation brings change to our life. There are limitations related to the activities that people do, and something that was normal to do and became a habit a long time ago became something to reconsider. Following the protocol by using their mask, keeping their distance from the others, doing some routine medical check-up to available work from the office, going to different cities or countries, and vaccination covid-19 are the attempts to make people get used to being normal as usual.

Research Question
Thus, is there an interesting phenomenon related to work-life balance, work motivation and job satisfaction among employees?

REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Work-life balance defines as a balance between work, family, and individual responsibility, where each individual carries out their obligations by balancing the fulfilment of their personal and work roles and carries out their duties as a partner or parent (Shen, 2011;Chandra, 2012). Work-life balance is rooted in the employee's need to achieve a healthy balance between the desire to participate in work to show a commitment fully and feels comfortable while giving the best effort to the loved ones (Bhalerao, 2013;Daipuria & Kakar, 2013;Lavoie, 2014;Kelliher et al., 2019). Some studies show that work-life balance has an indirect effect that helps employees improve well-being and improve individual positive attitudes and life strategies (Zheng et al., 2016). The concept of work-life balance lives on the idea that work and personal life complement each other so that perfection is present in one's life. Enjoyment of life and wanting to accomplish something are two concepts that construct an excellent work-life balance (Bataineh, 2019). Organizations need productivity, and to get higher productivity, they look for employees with improved work-life balance because a person with a better work-life balance will contribute meaningfully towards the organization's growth and success (Salolomo & Agbaeze, 2019). The literature on work-life balance explains that three basic dimensions must be understood and studied in general: social, organizational, and personal (Sánchez-Hernández et al., 2019). Thus, the concept and conditions related to employees' work-life balance have various meanings because each individual has different characteristics and perceptions.
Changing work prospects and pressure from work requires an understanding of maintaining a work-life balance. (Darwish et al., 2020;Hite & McDonald, 2020). Maintaining a balance between life and work will make good emotional well-being that will keep us motivated. Work-life balance indirectly encourages and improves work motivation and affects individual motivation and personal life (Mahmoud et al., 2020;Shafee et al., 2020). Work-life balance is essential for the company because it plays a role in determining the level of motivation so that it continues to show commitment to work. Moreover, balancing work-life balance and work motivation is needed (Shafee et al., 2020). Previous studies that have already conducted stated a direct effect between worklife balance and work motivation (Oktosatrio, 2018;Shafee et al., 2020;Sabir & Cura, 2021). With that, the researcher makes the following hypothesis:

H1: Work-Life Balance will positively influence Work Motivation
Work motivation refers to psychological strength, where the individual determines his behaviour in an organization, the level of persistence in overcoming problems, and self-determination towards their work dimension (Tentama & Pranungsari, 2016). Motivation defines a stage that considers the direction and persistence of a person in achieving goals (Kocman & Weber, 2018). The problems with motivation have become a fundamental problem in an organization. Individuals who have a positive attitude towards work situations show a high level of work motivation, and those who behave negatively towards them will show a low work motivation and getting the jobs are not available to fulfil the company's needs. According to Maslow's theory, work motivation can measure several things such as the need for security, social, appreciation, and self-actualization (Rauan & Tewal, 2019). Work motivation is a potential that exists in humans, developed by outside forces that can affect performance results (Maulana et al., 2020). Motivating employees at work is an essential factor because, with motivation, employees will The Management Journal of BINANIAGA Vol. 06, No. 01, June 2021p-ISSN: 2527-4317, e-ISSN: 2580  increase enthusiasm in doing their work so that good results can be achieved (Said et al., 2020).
Employees' ability and knowledge will not be affected if not accompanied by a good attitude and an excellent, motivated spirit at work (Sidabutar et al., 2020). Motivation at work is an effort so that every worker can do a good job. It can be said, work motivation questions how workers can mobilize all their potential and all their energies so that employees can work productively to achieve good work results. Work motivation can underlie job satisfaction when workers are very enthusiastic about working so that this enthusiasm can create a sense of job satisfaction by itself (William, 2020). Previous studies that have already conducted stated a direct effect between work motivation and job satisfaction (Rozzaid et al., 2015;Maurya & Agarwal, 2018). Another research shows that work motivation positively and significantly affects job satisfaction (Parimita et al., 2018;Sidabutar et al., 2020) and concludes that good motivation at work will increase our satisfaction at work. With that, the researcher makes the following hypothesis:

H2: Work Motivation will positively influence Job Satisfaction
Job satisfaction defines as people who at work feel a sense of satisfaction with their work. Job satisfaction serves as a measure to find out about employees who feel positive or feel pessimistic about their work, so that is the main reason why job satisfaction is present in this study (Davis & Nestrom, 1985). Job satisfaction is subjective because the level of job satisfaction obtained is different, and the values adopted by each person are different (Muliana & Makmur, 2016). Employees who are satisfied with their work will have good physical and mental health, which will indirectly impact the company itself. Job satisfaction sees from a description of the response from emotions to a job so that individuals who do a good job will be satisfied (Obeidat et al., 2018).
Job satisfaction can be called a positive and negative emotion from the individual evaluation of how they feel about their level of satisfaction at work . According to the study, McCutcheon (2014), work-life balance is a severe problem and a key topic for any working professional. A person's motivation is to collect energetic forces that should energize them to try new things (Manivannan, 2019). As a result, there is a need to investigate the role of motivation in enhancing work satisfaction mediated by WLB (Smith, 2010).

RESEARCH METHODS
In this study, the population were all employees that work in companies in Indonesia. The minimum target of respondents will be 200 respondents. Several samples between 30 to 500 respondents are sufficient for conducting research (Sekaran & Bougie, 2016). The data collected through an online survey from google form. Before they answered the questions, respondents ask if they work as employees. The first part of our questionnaire covers primary demographic data to classify the respondents, and in the second part, the respondents asked to state their preferences and opinion measured using a Likert scale of five levels. The measurement of all variables adapts from validated scales. All respondents will respond five-point scale of Likert and the information about the measurement of the item below: Work-Life Balance. Twelve items for work-life balance. Initially, there are 15 items scale from Hayman (2005). The scale that we used are from three dimensions of work-life balance, and it is WIPL (Work Interference with Personal Life), PLIW (Personal Life Interference with Work), and WPLE (Work or Personal Life Enhancement). Those items selected will be used to measure work-life balance from employees' point of view regarding the transition to the new standard.
Work Motivation. Work motivation asses using ten items adapted by Tremblay et al., (2009). Items selected will measure work motivation from employees' point of view regarding the new normal transition.
Job Satisfaction. Job satisfaction is measured using the scale from Macdonald & MacIntyre (1997). We used all of the items because the item questionnaires differ from a relationship with others to a personal feeling about work regarding job satisfaction. The selected items are to measure job satisfaction from employees' point of view regarding the transition to new standard.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
For data collection, a questionnaire gathers through an online survey from Microsoft form. From the survey that we already conducted from 22 March 2021 to 5 April 2021, we collected 247 respondents from the target of 200 respondents, but 35 responded unable to process to next since those 35 were response incorrect manner. Therefore we have 212 response process for further analysis. Respondents profile, as follows. Our research will reflect the situation within that profile concerning work motivation, work-life balance, and job satisfaction. Most of our respondent's age is between 20 -25 years old; there are no differences between gender, marital status, but most of the respondents graduated as a bachelor, and their work area is within the tertiary business sector (i.e. related to service industry). We distribute the questionnaire and a description to understand and imagine as if they are in a new normal situation when responding to items within the questionnaires.
Our data shows that all items are eligible to analyse, where according to reliability testing, we found at all variables are reliable. However, we follow a second-order method to analyse our model. In this study, the Work-Life balance dimension (WIPL, PLIW, & WPLE), Work Motivation, and Job Satisfaction have a Cronbach's Alpha and Composite Reliability greater than 0.7. It means that the scale items for this study are reliable. The Average Variance Extracted of Work-Life balance dimension (WIPL, PLIW, & WPLE), Work Motivation, and Job Satisfaction variables show that the value is more than 0.5, which means that the data for this study are valid.
However, some items are not included in our analysis because the items failed to meet the outer loading condition requirement. It should be above 0.6 according to Hair et al., (2010), as follows.  WLB_2) can be used, all of 3 items of PLIW dimension (WLB_5, WLB_7, WLB_8) can employ, and all of 3 items of WPLE dimension (WLB_9, WLB_10, WLB_12) are employed. Likewise for Work Motivation, all of the 7 items which are (WM_1, WM_2, WM_3, WM_4, WM_5, WM_9, WM_10) meet the requirements. Last, for job satisfaction, the subsequent analysis can be processed from the eight remaining items, only six items (JS_2, JS_3, JS_4, JS_5, JS_7, JS_9).
From the reliability results, we proceed to check within the Fornell Lacker value, which aims to see the discriminant validity, and the results show as follows. Based on table 4 above, all variables are considered valid. Therefore, our next process is to look at the results of R Square, as follows.  In this section, the analysis is base on the data of 212 respondents by using SmartPLS tools. From the data above, the correlation between Work-Life Balance and Work Motivation shows that the measurement of these variables has a significant effect between Work-Life Balance and Work Motivation (original sample = 0.226, p-values = 0.000 < 0.05), and the t-statistics result shows 9.133 > 1,96, which means that H1 is supported.
Secondly, the correlation between Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction shows that the measurement of these variables has a significant effect between Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction (original sample = 0.489, p-values = 0.000) the t-statistics result shows 7.024 > 1.96, which means that H2 is supported. In the indirect effect, we find that there is a significant effect between Work-Life Balance and Job Satisfaction with Work Motivation as a mediator (original sample = 0.238, pvalues = 0.000 < 0.05), and the t-statistics result shows 5.801 > 1.96, which means the third hypothesis is also supported, in other words, Work Motivation is an intermediary for Job Satisfaction.
The Management Journal of BINANIAGA Vol. 06, No. 01, June 2021p-ISSN: 2527-4317, e-ISSN: 2580   Our hypothesis supports by statistical assessment; therefore, our proposed hypothesis is H1: Work-life Balance will positively influence work motivation, H2: Work Motivation will positively influence Job Satisfaction, and H3: work-life balance will positively mediate by work motivation affects job satisfaction, is accepted. We may discuss this according to the items given within the instrument.
The COVID-19 epidemic is now making headlines around the world. With the pandemic spreading, most countries are expanding human proximity limits, sealing boundaries, shifting habits to adapt to healthy living to reduce the effect of coronavirus, and many more. COVID-19 has had a significant economic influence on the world. As the number of coronavirus cases rises and more employers adhere to the social-distancing activities (Zeidner, 2020), health officials hope will help slow the spread of COVID-19, the virus's respiratory illness is a scenario been playing out across the globe. According to research published in a white paper by Skedulo (source: skedulo, 2020), 51 per cent of the data they collected from the workers surveyed indicated that COVID 19 hurt their job satisfaction, this is because perceived work hours have risen significantly, and the company's attempts to help foster a sense of job satisfaction are pretty significant.We The Management Journal of BINANIAGA Vol. 06, No. 01, June 2021p-ISSN: 2527-4317, e-ISSN: 2580  have proven that work-life balance influence work motivation within people with age between 20-25, graduated as a bachelor and worked in tertiary industry (this, regardless of their gender or marital status). The findings of testing this hypothesis seem to support Mahmoud et al. (2020) and Shafee et al. (2020) within this particular group's belief that work-life balance can make people feel motivated to do important things. However, there is not much detail available to prove who coined the phrase "modern standard." However, according to numerous internet outlets, the new standard happens after a very significant societal transition, and people attempt to adapt to these changes. Zeidner (2020) mention large tech companies, including Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, which have significant populations in Seattle and other pandemic-affected cities, were among the first to implement remote work plans for several or all of their workers worldwide.
When entering a new normal, these demographic groups will see changing job opportunities and work pressure necessitate understanding how to achieve a work-life balance. (Hite & McDonald, 2020;Darwish, 2020). Maintaining healthy emotional wellbeing that keeps us motivated comes from striking a balance between life and work. As our items for H1 statement "Work-life Balance", Personal life motivated me to work harder.
Then, we also have proven that work motivation will positively influence job satisfaction within a particular demographic. When entering a new normal, these demographic groups will see motivation as a stage that considers a person's direction and perseverance in achieving goals (Kocman & Weber, 2016). Within the new normal, motivational issues have become a critical issue in many organizations. Workplace motivation is an attempt to ensure that every employee performs well. Job motivation, it could be said, is concerned with how employees should harness all of their potential and energies to work productively and produce positive work results. When employees are excited about their jobs, they are more likely to be satisfied with their jobs. As our items for the H2 statement as following "Work Motivation", I chose to attain a particular lifestyle because this is the type of work.
Last, we proved that work-life balance would positively mediate by work motivation affects job satisfaction. When entering a new normal, these demographic groups will see job satisfaction as a positive or negative emotion resulting from an individual's assessment of their level of job satisfaction . Moreover, according to McCutcheon (2014), work-life balance is a severe issue and a critical subject for any working professional. As our items for H3 statement "Job Satisfaction", All my talents and skills are used. Business leaders are busy devising ways for their operations to operate safely in the future as the Covid-19 crisis persists worldwide, especially in an environment where social distancing will need to sustain for the long term. Many more workers will inevitably locate at home, either full-time or part-time, which will be more versatile.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This research aims to see any interesting work-life balance patterns, work motivation, and job satisfaction among employees during the new normal transition phase. Previous research has shown the importance of the relationship between variables, but the current situation is far from natural. The findings of this study are representative of such demographic groups. However, there is still time to test other demographic classes, such as age and sector (in this study, the majority of the participants work in the tertiary industry), and similar studies conduct to assess research models that are commonly use before a pandemic happens, and this has become the new standard. With all change, reverting to old ways of functioning is not a viable option. By embracing new ways of operating, even managing people, businesses have increased their business resilience and speed. Finally, happy workers would help the company's