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ABSTRACT
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia since mid-March 2020,
has forced many sectors to work from home. It is feared that changes in the
work environment will affect employee performance. The house that has been
considered as a place to unwind from work has turned into a work area. In
order to avoid a decrease in the work-home balance and employee
performance, the organization must adapt to its leadership style. Leadership
style is believed to be an effective way to determine organizational
performance, leadership is also expected to be a positive influence for work-
home balance. Empowerment leadership with its flexible characteristics is seen
as suitable to be applied during the current pandemic.1) and employee
performance (Y2). The results of this study indicate that empowerment
leadership has a positive and significant effect on both work-home balance (p-
value = 0.04 and = 0.14) and employee performance (p-value<.01 and =0.58).
Empowerment leadership gives employees confidence in their abilities at work,
with confidence employees will feel effective, because their various roles run
well. Furthermore, empowerment leadership is able to improve employee
performance because of the provision of job autonomy, which makes it easier
for employees to complete tasks at work.
ABSTRACT
The outbreak of the nCOVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia since mid-March 2020, has left many to work from
home. It is feared that a change in the work environment will affect employee performance. The house
that has been transformed into a work area. In order to cause a decrease in the work-home balance and
employee performance, the organization must adapt its leadership style. Leadership style as an effective
way to determine organizational performance, leadership is also expected to be a positive influence for
work-home balance. Empowering leadership with a flexible statement is suitable to be applied in the
current pandemic. This study aims to analyze the effect of empowering leadership (X) on work-home
balance (Y1) and employee performance (Y2). The results of this study indicate that
empowering leadership has a positive and significant effect both on homework balance (p-value = 0.04 and
= 0.14) and employee performance (p-value <, 01 and = 0.58). . Empowering leadership gives employees
confidence in their abilities at work, with confidence that employees will feel effective, because their
various roles are running well. Furthermore, empowering leadership is able to improve employee
performance because it offers job autonomy, which makes it easier for employees to complete tasks at
work.
Keywords: Empowering Leadership, Work-Life Balance, Employee Performance, nCOVID-19
Pandemic.
that they are able to work well. With explain that leadership
the trust of own impact for performance
employees (Viswesvaran & Ones, 2000; this. Employees are given job
Ahearne et al., 2005; Arnold et al., 2000; autonomy which allows them to
Humborstad et al., 2014; Manz & Sims complete work in their own way for
Jr., 2010). more effective results.
Leadership empowerment Characteristics leadership
with its characteristics of removing empowerment often involve
bureaucratic barriers, helping employees in goal setting. This can
subordinates find the meaning of make employees feel involved and
work, providing opportunities for increase work commitment which
subordinates to make their own has an impact on increasing their
work decisions, can make performance.
subordinates feel involved and
SUGGESTION
trusted in their abilities. This can
This study has several
increase subordinates' self-efficacy
limitations and suggestions for
which helps them organize and
further research:
carry out their work with
1. The research sample was expanded to
as good as possible.
generalize the research results.
CLOSING 2. Magnitude of influenceleadership
CONCLUSION empowerment on balance
Based on explanation on homework is not too large can be
analysis of the results, it can be concluded taken into consideration for the
that leadership empowerment selection of consequent variables.
positive and significant effect on the Employee leadership has the
balance of homework and employee characteristics of task delegation,
performance during the current job autonomy, inspiration,
pandemic. Empowering leadership coordination, can lead to
can affect the sense of balance employee confidence and
between work and home, especially creativity in doing their work.
during the current pandemic. This is 3. During the current pandemic,
because the leader assigns a task many factors can affect the
delegation that directs employees to perception of work-home
lead themselves. In addition, the balance, such as compensation,
leader gives confidence to locus of control, family support,
subordinates to perform high. and so on. Future research is
expected to test the role of
Empowerment leadership also has in
mediation or moderating testing
a positive effect on employee influence leadership on
performance during the pandemic when work-home balance.