THE EFFECT OF PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION ON COMPETENCE, MOTIVATION, AND WELFARE AND ITS IMPACT ON TREASURER PERFORMANCE

Abstract

This research aims to examine the Treasurer's Professional Certification role in Competence, Motivational, and Welfare on Treasurer Performance. The population was all treasurers working for the Regional Government of Aceh, Indonesia, totaling 145 people, while the sample used was a census, which means that all population members were sampled. Data were tested using onesample t-test and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) techniques, employing SPSS and Amos software. results, it reveals that Treasurer Professional Certification, Competence, Motivational, Welfare, and Treasurer Performance have been going well, Professional Certification affects Competence, Professional Certification affects Motivation, Professional Certification affects Welfare, Competence affects Treasurer Performance, Motivation does not Treasurer Performance, Welfare affects Treasurer Performance, Professional Certification does not Treasurer Performance, Professional Certification affects Treasurer Performance through Competence, Professional Certification does not Treasurer Performance through Motivation, and Professional Certification affects Treasurer Performance through Welfare. The findings also explain that competence and welfare function as partial mediators in the Professional Certification affects the treasurer performance model. So as a whole, the findings prove that the model of increasing treasurer performance in the Government of Aceh is a function of the accuracy of the implementation of Professional Certification, increasing competence, and increasing welfare.