Social Psychology Research

Abstract Introduction: The purpose of this research is to determine the best model for predicting the balance between work and life of employees based on perceived social support and occupational preference with the mediating role of spiritual intelligence. Method: The research method is a correlation theory of the prediction type and the statistical population of employees in the central headquarters (in Tehran) and the strategic purchasing department of treatment management (all over the country) of the social security organization in the year 1400. Data collection is by stratified random sampling, which was determined based on Klein's formula, with a minimum number of 200 samples. The electronic questionnaire was designed using press line and visited by more than 600 people, and 213 people completed the questionnaire, which includes the spiritual intelligence questionnaires of Abdullah Zadeh et al. (2017), perceived social support by Zimet et al. (2009) and Amabile et al.'s (1994) occupational preference. Findings: T values show the validity of the relationship between the constructs and the confirmation of the relationships between the research variables at the 95% confidence level. The value of Q2 for all variables is higher than 0.25; Therefore, the structural model has a high predictive power. The value of GOF is equal to 0.2775; Therefore, the overall fit level of the model is good. Conclusion: Social support variable and occupational preference have a significant impact on the work-life balance of employees. Perceived social support has a higher impact. The variable of spiritual intelligence does not have a significant effect on the work-life balance of employees.