本研究的主要目的為探討工作自主性與員工幸福感之間的關係，並探討工作生活平衡的中介效果，研究對象包含傳統製造業、金融保險業、科技業、服務業、營造建築業、醫療產業及其他未分類之台灣產業的在職員工。
本研究問卷採以網路問卷形式來進行。最後在收回的173份樣本中篩除無效樣本後，計有效樣本數為158份，主要使用階層線性迴歸分析做為各項假設之驗證。
本研究主要使用階層線性迴歸分析來進行研究假說之驗證。經由實證分析，本研究分析結果如下：
H1：工作自主性會正向影響員工幸福感，假設獲得支持。
H2：工作自主性會正向影響工作生活平衡，假設獲得部份支持。
H3：工作生活平衡會正向影響對員工幸福感，假設獲得部份支持。
H4：工作生活平衡在工作自主性與員工幸福感具有中介效果，假設獲得部份支持。

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between work autonomy and employee happiness, and investigate the work-life balance mediating effect. The object of study contains the manufacturing industry, the financial insurance business, the information science and technology industry, service industry, the education academic industry, the building architecture industry, and each kind employees of industries in Taiwan.
This research questionnaire picks by the network questionnaire form carries on, and the effective sample number is 158 samples. This research mainly uses the stratum linearity regression analysis to confirm each supposition. The findings are as follows:
H1: Work autonomy has a significantly positive influence on employee happiness.
H2: Work autonomy has a positive influence on work-life balance.
H3: Work-life balance has a positive influence on employee happiness.
H4: Work-life balance is partly mediated between work autonomy and employee happiness.

論文審定書 i
誌謝 ii
摘要 iii
Abstract iv
目錄 v
圖目錄 vii
表目錄 viii
第一章 緒論 1
第一節 研究背景與動機 1
第二節 研究目的 2
第三節 研究流程 2
第二章 文獻探討 4
第一節 工作自主性（WORK AUTONOMY） 4
第二節 員工幸福感（EMPLOYEE HAPPINESS） 5
第三節 工作生活平衡（WORK-LIFE BALANCE） 7
第三章 研究方法 9
第一節 研究架構與假設 9
第二節 研究樣本與研究變項之操作 9
第三節 樣本回收與資料分析 13
第四節 資料分析方法 16
第四章 研究結果 17
第一節 敘述性統計與相關分析 17
第二節 變項間之關係檢定 20
第三節 工作生活平衡之中介效果 24
第五章 結論與建議 26
第一節 研究結果 26
第二節 研究建議 27
第三節 研究限制 28
參考文獻 30
附錄 研究調查問卷 34

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