The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Employee Performance Mediated by Work Motivation in Car Rental Services Companies in Lampung Province

Abstract

The role of the leader is needed to maintain employee motivation at work so that performance can remain good. The population of this research is all employees who work in car rental service companies in Lampung Province, totalling 378 employees. The measurement scale uses a Likert scale. The instrument test uses a validity test, reliability test, and normality test. Data analysis using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method. Structural analysis in this study uses AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structure) software. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of transformational leadership on employee performance, analyze the effect of transformational leadership on employee work motivation, analyze the effect of motivation on employee performance, and analyze whether there is a role for motivation in mediating the influence of transformational leadership on employee performance in car rental companies in Lampung Province. The results of this study are transformational leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, transformational leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee motivation, work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, and work motivation mediates the direct influence of transformational leadership on employee performance.