Christian Wiradendi Wolor, Ardiansyah, Rofi Rofaida, Ahmad Nurkhin, Mahmoud Ali Rababah
This study examines the impact of workaholism on employees' work-life imbalance and its relationship with their job satisfaction and stress, especially during COVID-19. The study uses a quantitative approach with structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze data. The population of this study consisted of Jakarta employees engaged in the financial sector with a total sample of 203 people. The data was collected throughout April-August 2022. The results showed that workaholism does not affect work-life imbalance (ß = 0,00, p = 0.00), work stress (ß =-0.33, p =-0.03), or job satisfaction (ß =-0.19, p =-0.20). The work-life imbalance affects work stress (ß =0.77, p= 0.77), does not affect job satisfaction (ß = 0.20, p = 0.00), whereas work stress affects job satisfaction (ß = 0.20, p = 0.00). The study's findings revealed that employees are not overburdened with work, because work- life imbalance, work stress, and job satisfaction remain unaffected. The study recommends that organizations create programs to transform this sense of imbalance into work-life balance, reduce stress, and increase job satisfaction. © 2026 DSR Publishers/The University of Jordan. All Rights Reserved. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/)
Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia; Politeknik Tempo, Indonesia; Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia; Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan
