Impact of Work Life Balance and Job Burnout on Quiet Quitting with the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction of Factory Employees in a Battery Manufacturing Company in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Quiet Quitting is a contemporary global phenomenon where factors such as Work-life Balance, Job Burnout and Job Satisfaction play a vital role in impacting an employee to become a Quiet Quitter; but this has yet to be tested in the Battery Manufacturing Industry since a Battery Manufacturing company in Sri Lanka has identified that 80% of their factory employees exhibit Quiet Quitting Behavior. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the Impact of Work Life Balance and Job Burnout on Quiet Quitting with the mediating role of Job Satisfaction of Factory Employees in a Battery Manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. Therefore, Primary data was collected from 73 factory employees using simple random probability sampling technique in which standard Questionnaires was used. Simple and Multiple linear regression was used to test the hypothesis in which the Baron and Kenny (1986) causal steps method and partial and bivariate correlation has been used to test the mediating impact of Job Satisfaction. The findings showcase a significant negative impact of Work-life Balance on Quiet Quitting, Job Burnout has a significant positive impact on Quiet Quitting and Job Satisfaction has a significant negative impact on Quiet Quitting. Job Satisfaction would partially mediate the relationship of Work-life Balance and Job Burnout on Quiet Quitting. Thus, a reduction in Work-life Balance and an increase in Job Burnout would directly and indirectly increase the Quiet Quitting of the Factory employees in the Battery Manufacturing firm in Sri Lanka.