Employee Performance Based on Leadership Style and Competence Through Work Motivation

Abstract

This study aims to: 1) describe leadership style, competence, employee performance, and work motivation; and 2) analyze the influence of leadership style and competence on employee performance through work motivation. The study involved 100 respondents selected using purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected through validity tests, reliability tests, normality tests, multicollinearity tests, heteroscedasticity tests, regression coefficients, determination coefficients, F-tests, and t-tests. Data analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS software version 25.00 with a descriptive analysis approach, verification analysis, path analysis, and Sobel test. The results of the study show that: 1) Leadership style, competence, and work motivation are in the good category, while employee performance is in the moderately good category. 2) Leadership style has a direct positive and significant influence on work motivation. 3) Competence has a direct positive and significant influence on work motivation. 4) Leadership style has a direct positive and significant influence on employee performance. 5) Competence has a direct positive and significant influence on employee performance. 6) Work motivation has a direct positive and significant influence on employee performance. 7) Leadership style has an indirect positive and significant influence on employee performance through work motivation. 8) Competence does not have an indirect positive and significant influence on employee performance through work motivation