The effect of expertise on employee performance with work motivation as intervening variable

Abstract

This study examines the influence of supervision on employee performance with work motivation as an intervening variable. Research was carried out at PT FAA, an enterprise in the forestry industry and a supplier of raw wood materials to pulp and paper manufacturing industries in Riau, Indonesia. Questionnaires were distributed to 112 employees. Results reveal the direct influence of the path coefficient between supervision and work motivation. Supervision X1 has a direct positive impact on work motivation Y1 with a coefficient of 0.321. Furthermore, assessing the direct influence of the path coefficient between supervision X1 on employee performance Y1 exercises a direct positive impact of 0.683. The path coefficient of the indirect influence of supervision X1 on employee performance Y2 through work motivation Y1 is positive at 0.692. In summary, indirect influence is more significant than direct influence.