Title:
EFFECT OF COMPETENCE AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: JOB SATISFACTION AS A MEDIATOR (STUDY ON WATERING OFFICE OF ACEH PROVINCE)

Authors:
Marhayani, Said Musnadi and Mahdani Ibrahim*

Abstract:
This study aims to analyze the extent to which trends in job satisfaction, employee competency, and employee commitment affect employee performance. In addition, it also analyzes the role of employee job satisfaction as a factor that mediates the relationship between competence, employee commitment to employee performance. The study was conducted at the Dinas Pengairan Provinsi Aceh (Watering Office of Aceh Province), with a sample of 149 employees. Primary data is obtained by circulating questionnaires to all samples. The questionnaire consists of two parts, namely the characteristic part of the respondent and the information part of the variable under study. Questions in the questionnaire were made on a Likert scale, ie from low to highest score (1-5). The data analysis method uses the SEM method that processes it through the AMOS program. The results showed that there was an influence of employee competency on employee performance by 0.30 at the significance level of 0.021, employee commitment had a significant effect on performance at 0.32 at the significance level of 0.007, there was an influence of competence on employee job satisfaction of 0.44 at the significance level of 0.004, and no significant effect towards job satisfaction by 0.13 with a significance level of 0.327 (? 0.05). In addition, it was also found that job satisfaction factors play a role as a mediating factor to improve employee competency and commitment so as to improve employee performance at the Watering Office of Aceh Province.