Apakah Gender Mempengaruhi Peran Pengembangan Karir dalam Membentuk Keterikatan Kerja?

This study aims to examine the role of career development in shaping employee job attachment and analyze whether gender affects or serves as a moderator variable in the relationship between career development and work engagement among government employees with work agreements in X town. This research employs a quantitative approach with an ex post facto design and a simple random sampling technique. Data were obtained from 265 respondents who had attended a competency development training program, using two psychological scales to measure career development and job attachment. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive tests, independent t-tests, and regression analysis. The result showed that gender does not moderate the relationship between career development and work engagement. There is a difference in work engagement based on gender, where female employees tend to have a higher level of work engagement than their male counterparts. These findings suggest that well-designed career development can enhance work engagement, regardless of gender, and has a direct impact on government institutions to optimize human resource management strategies. Future research is recommended to consider other factors that can influence work engagement so that the results obtained are more in-depth and applicable.