Title:
DETERMINANT OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEDIATED BY JOB SATISFACTION: STUDY IN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SPATIAL PLANNING OF ACEH PROVINCE

Authors:
*Fajriyati, Muhammad Adam and Said Musnadi,Indonesia

Abstract:
The performance of the Department of Public Works and Spatial Planning of Aceh Province during the period of 2015-2017 showed a significant decline indicated through the budget realization managed by the agency where in 2015 the realization of the budget was 96.33%, while in 2017 it dropped to 86.31%. This study aims to determine the effect of individual characteristic, work environment, and workload on job satisfaction and its impact on organizational performance. The population is all employees of the Department of Public Works Agency and Spatial Planning of Aceh Province, which is 457 people and the sample is 214 people. The data is analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with the Amos Assistant Program. The result shows individual characteristic effects job satisfaction significantly, work environment effects job satisfaction significantly, workload does not have a significant effect on job satisfaction, job satisfaction effects organizational performance significantly, Individual characteristic effects organizational performance significantly, work environment does not have a significant effect on organizational performance, workload effects organizational performance significantly, job satisfaction mediates the effect of individual characteristic on organizational performance, job satisfaction mediates the influence of the work environment on organizational performance, job satisfaction does not mediate the effect of workload on organizational performance in the Department of Public Works and Spatial Planning of Aceh Province. This model prove the causality theories from the previous ones, and can be a reference for the next research. This findings also contribute to the practical managers especially the leaders in in the Department of Public Works and Spatial Planning of Aceh Province, in formulating, implementing, and evaluating their policies and strategies. The originality resides in the integration of causality models from the previous theories, with the new object. The limitation lies in the amount of variables and the object that is only one