Impact of Women's Empowerment, Mobile Technology Usage, and Managerial Support on Work-Life Balance among Female Engineers: Content Validation
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The empowerment of women is an important agenda in upholding women’s rights. Empowering women in the energy sector can help them gain more control over balancing work and family matters. Studies have shown that mobile technology has the potential to have both positive and negative impacts on the work-life balance of individuals. Support from organizations, particularly from managers, plays a crucial role in empowering employees. The utilization of mobile technology can also have a positive impact on the work-life balance of employees. Therefore, managerial support is viewed as a key factor in enhancing empowerment initiatives and maximizing the benefits of mobile technology for employees' work-life balance. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the influence of female empowerment, mobile technology usage, and managerial support on work-life balance. The authors delved into content validation of the instruments used in this study using the content validation index (CVI) method. The originality lies in the thorough investigation of the ways in which a variety of variables, including work-life balance, managerial support, mobile technology usage, and women's empowerment, intersect and impact the lives of female engineers. The research was made more rigorous using the CVI technique, which guarantees that the results are solid and trustworthy. This research offers valuable insights into strategies for narrowing the gender gap in the engineering field and empowering and supporting women in the workplace. This paper delves into the research methodology, instrument development, and content validation results.
Keywords: women empowerment, research methodology, instrument development, content validity.
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