THE INFLUENCE OF WORK DISCIPLINE AND JOB CHARACTERISTICS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE THROUGH MOTIVATION AS AN INTERVENING VARIABLE

• Published in: Соціальна економіка no. 68; pp. 151 - 158
• Main Authors: Kirana, Candra, Edward, Yusuf Ronny, Ariesa, Yeni, Purba, Melfrianti Romauli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Ukrainian
• Published: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University 31.12.2024
• Subjects: job characteristics; motivation; work discipline
• ISSN: 2524-2547
• DOI: 10.26565/2524-2547-2024-68-14

The purpose of writing this article is to examine the factors that influence and how to produce the desired employee performance in accordance with company goals, which always want the productivity of each employee to increase. Work motivation is everything that gives rise to a spirit or drive of work. Therefore, work motivation as a driver of work enthusiasm, because people who have high motivation will try their best and will form an increase in work productivity. The theoretical and practical aspects of achieving goals according to the vision and mission that have been set by the organisation are highly dependent on the individual / human. The relationship between work discipline and job characteristics on employee performance can be improved through training, training, technical guidance, comparative studies and experience with other regions. This research was conducted at the Labuhan Batu Regency Regional Revenue Agency which has the status of Civil Servants totalling 57 people. The inductive analysis map according to Dyike Adella Ramdhani developed and presented in the identification shows that job characteristics and individual characteristics have a positive and significant effect on employee performance through work motivation as a mediating variable. Work motivation has a partial mediating effect on employee performance. The direction of influence of this variable is also positive, which means that the higher the level of compatibility of job characteristics and individual characteristics of employees, the higher the employee performance. The scientific and practical tools of the process approach in the management of work discipline and job characteristics have been systematised. The article states that good performance is basically a performance that meets organizational standards in supporting the achievement of organizational goals, a good organization should be an organization that tries to improve the ability of its employee resources, improving employee performance will have an impact on progress for the company, so the most serious efforts in achieving success and realizing goals in the survival of the company.