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ABSTRACT:

This study aims to analyse Flexible Work Arrangements, Stress, Work-Life Balance, and Motivation and Their Implications on Junior High School Teachers in the Depok Region. The research provides both theoretical and managerial implications as inputs for Work-Life Balance influenced by Flexible Work Arrangements and Stress as exogenous variables through Motivation as a moderating variable. The population in this study comprises Junior High School Teachers in the Depok Region, utilizing Snowball Sampling technique in an effort to gather respondents numbering more than 100. Data from these respondents are then analysed for their fit with the research model developed from the theoretical framework using SmartPLS SEM analysis. The results of this study are expected to: (1) Analyse and test all factors influencing Motivation and Work-Life Balance, namely Flexible Work Arrangements and stress, (2) Provide additional information for the Depok City Government for policy formulation regarding assessment and enhancement of motivation as well as efforts to improve teachers' work-life balance for the better, (3) Provide additional information and knowledge for Human Resource Management, especially its implications for enhancing Motivation and Work-Life Balance in schools. The hypothesis testing results prove that: 1) Flexible Work Arrangements have a positive and significant effect on work motivation. 2) Stress has a positive and significant effect on work motivation. 3) Motivation has a positive and significant effect on work-life balance. 4) Flexible Work Arrangements have a positive and significant effect on work-life balance. 5) Stress does not affect work-life balance. 6) Flexible Work Arrangements indirectly have a positive and significant effect on work-life balance through motivation. 7) Stress indirectly has a positive and significant effect on work-life balance through motivation.

KEYWORDS:

Flexible Work Arrangements, Stress, Motivation, work-life balance; Teacher; High School; Depok

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