Driving Individual Performance: The Mediating Role of Innovation and Moderating Impact of Work-Life Balance among Indonesia's Professional Village Facilitators

Aims: This study investigates the role of Innovative Work Behavior (IWB) in mediating the effects of Job Crafting and Work Integrity on Individual Performance among professional village facilitators in Kediri Regency, Indonesia. Additionally, it examines the moderating effect of Work-Life Balance on the relationship between IWB and Individual Performance.

Study Design: The research adopts a quantitative approach to explore the interrelations between the variables, focusing on professional village facilitators in a specific regional context.

Methodology: This Research using by complete enumeration sampling (census), data were collected through offline surveys from 203 respondents and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The variables studied include Job Crafting, Work Integrity, Innovative Work Behavior, Individual Performance, and Work-Life Balance.

Results: The result of study is Job Crafting and Work Integrity significantly influence Innovative Work Behavior. Job Crafting, Work Integrity, and Innovative Work Behavior do not significantly affect Individual Performance. Innovative Work Behavior does not mediate the relationship between Job Crafting, Work Integrity, and Individual Performance. Work-Life Balance does not moderate the relationship between Innovative Work Behavior and Individual Performance.

Conclusion: The findings suggest that Job Crafting, Work Integrity, and Innovative Work Behavior are not significant contributors to Individual Performance among professional village facilitators in Kediri Regency. This highlights the need to explore alternative mediating and moderating variables to better understand the factors influencing their performance. However, as IWB does not directly improve individual performance (IP), strategies should also address performance outcomes through targeted training, performance monitoring, and support mechanisms.