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Abstract

Employee retention is an important human resource management issue, particularly in the bio-pharmaceutical industry, where organizational sustainability depends on experienced employees, specialized knowledge, and operational continuity. This study aims to examine the relationships of work-life balance and workload with employee retention among permanent employees of PT Bio Farma, Indonesia. A quantitative explanatory survey design was employed, involving 270 respondents selected from a population of 831 permanent employees through proportionate stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a 25-item questionnaire measured on a five-point Likert scale and analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression. The findings indicate that work-life balance is positively and significantly associated with employee retention (β = .354, t = 5.014, p < .001). In contrast, workload has a negative but statistically insignificant association with employee retention (β = −.092, t = −1.300, p = .195). Simultaneously, work-life balance and workload significantly explain variations in employee retention (F = 27.986, p < .001), with an R² of .173. Thus, the model explains 17.3% of the variation in employee retention, while the remaining 82.7% is not explained by the variables included in the model. These findings support the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) perspective by highlighting work-life balance as an important resource associated with employees’ intention to remain in the organization. From a practical perspective, the findings underscore the importance of organizational policies that support work-life balance to help sustain employee retention. Future research may incorporate additional factors, such as organizational support, leadership, compensation, and job satisfaction, to improve the explanatory power of the model.

Keywords

Employee Retention Work-Life Balance Workload Job Demands–Resources Theory Human Resource Management

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Sugih Pratama, M., & Vrans Romi, M. (2026). The Effect of Work–Life Balance and Workload on Employee Retention at PT Bio Farma. International Journal of Management Science and Information Technology, 6(2), 2896-2902. https://doi.org/10.35870/ijmsit.v6i2.8878

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Author Biographies

Megi Sugih Pratama, Jenderal Achmad Yani University

Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Cimahi City, West Java Province, Indonesia

Mochamad Vrans Romi, Jenderal Achmad Yani University

Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Cimahi City, West Java Province, Indonesia

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