A Study on the Effect of Job Distribution on Quality of Life for Good Job Behavior

Purpose - The purpose of the study is to analyze the empowerment intermediary role on the relationship between the job distribution and the quality of life. A research on empowerment and social service staffs’ job distribution also should be conducted to improve the quality of their lives. Because empowerment, particularly, affects the quality of life, it should be taken a detail discussion for empowerment improvement. Research design, data, and methodology – This paper conducted a questionnaire survey. In total, 722 copies of the structural questionnaire were analyzed. Five parameter subsets were selected to measure the empowerment such as task significance, role performance capability, self-determination, task impact, then, the survey consists of 10 questions. For data analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, discriminant and concentration validity analysis, path coefficient significance, and mediation effectiveness verification were employed. Results – As evidenced from the data analysis, job distribution variables such as job impact, job autonomy, and feedback affect the quality of their lives. Empowerment also affects the quality of their lives. Next, the empowerment functions as meditating role in the relationships with job impact, job autonomy, feedback and the quality of their lives. On the other hand, the empowerment do not function as meditating role in the relationships with social service staffs’ function diversity and the quality of their lives. Conclusions – It is necessary to conduct ways for various job performance and outside educational facilities to improve social service staffs’ function diversity. The mission, vision, strategic purposes, detailed execution goals need to be set by all their organization members’ participation. Empowerment also requires social welfare facilities’ drastic delegation on their authority and responsibilities with their active decentralization in the organization.