The Role of Job Satisfaction in Mediating Transactional Leadership on Employee Performance at the Medan Plantation Seed and Protection Center Plantation Crops Medan
Keywords:
Transactional Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Employee PerformanceAbstract
Employee performance is an important factor in supporting the effectiveness of public organizations, especially in government technical agencies that have strategic tasks in serving and supervising the plantation sector. This study aims to analyze the effect of transactional leadership on employee performance with job satisfaction as a mediating variable at the Medan Plantation Seed and Plant Protection Center (BBPPTP). This study uses a quantitative approach with a survey method. The research population consists of all 135 civil servants at BBPPTP Medan, all of whom were included in the sample (population study). Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method with the help of SmartPLS software. The results of the study indicate that transactional leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee performance and job satisfaction. In addition, job satisfaction also has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. The results of the indirect effect test prove that job satisfaction acts as an intervening variable in the relationship between transactional leadership and employee performance. These findings indicate that the application of fair and consistent transactional leadership accompanied by a clear reward system can increase job satisfaction, which in turn has an impact on improving employee performance. This study is expected to provide empirical contributions to the development of human resource management in the public sector and serve as a consideration for the leadership of BBPPTP Medan in formulating leadership policies and improving employee performance
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