The City of Tidore Kepulauan in Indonesia: Lecturer Performance in Private Higher Education

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of competence, compensation and work motivation on lecturer performance, and examine the effect of internal quality assurance in moderating the effect of competence, compensation and work motivation on lecturer performance. The sample in this study was 174 lecturers from private universities in the City of Tidore Kepulauan, Indonesia. This study uses a quantitative approach and uses the SmartPLS analysis tool. The results showed that compensation has an important role in improving lecturer performance, while competence and work motivation do not have an important role in improving lecturer performance. Internal quality assurance does not moderate the effect of compensation and work motivation on lecturer performance. A unique finding is that internal quality assurance weakens the influence of competence on lecturer performance, whereas initially competence does not affect lecturer performance. In addition, compensation which initially affected lecturer performance, after being moderated by internal quality assurance, did not affect lecturer performance.