The Influence of Interpersonal Communication and Job Satisfaction of the Members of Indonesian National Police on Work Performance Through Motivation Work in Indonesian Police Academy

Abstract

This study aims at finding out empirically the relationship between interpersonal communication, job satisfaction, and work motivation of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) members on the performance of polri members. This topic was chosen because there was something interesting in the communication within Indonesian Police Academy (Akpol) because of the nature of its semi-military organization. The hypothesis used in this study is that there is a positive relationship between interpersonal communication of Polri members, job satisfaction, and work motivation and the performance of Polri members in Akpol. The subject of the study amounted to 65 people from all Polri members in Akpol who are middle-rank police officers and the sampling technique used was Purposive Random Sampling. The research data was obtained through 4 scales, namely the Interpersonal Communication Scale of Polri Members, Job Satisfaction Scale, Work Motivation Scale, and Performance Scale of Polri Members. Data analysis was carried out using the Spearman's Rho Correlation Technique with SPSS. The results showed that there was a positive relationship between interpersonal communication between Polri members, job satisfaction, and work motivation and the performance of Polri members in Akpol, Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 <0.05, so that the hypothesis in this study was accepted.