THE EFFECT OF COMPENSATION AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION THROUGH WORK SATISFACTION (CASE STUDY AT PT SANDANG ASIA MAJU ABADI SEMARANG)

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of compensation and work-life balance on employee retention through job satisfaction at PT Sandang Asia Maju Abadi Semarang. The author distributed questionnaires with a Likert scale model to 100 respondents in data collection techniques and was tested using validity and reliability instrument tests using the PLS (Partial Least Square) method. The data analysis used is the evaluation of the measurement model (outer model) and structural (inner model) using SmartPLS 3.0 software. The results showed that compensation has no direct effect on employee retention, work-life balance has no direct effect on employee retention, job satisfaction has a direct effect on employee retention, compensation has a direct effect on job satisfaction, work-life balance has a direct effect on job satisfaction, compensation has an indirect effect on employee retention through job satisfaction as an intervening variable and work-life balance has an indirect effect on employee retention through job satisfaction as an intervening variable.