The Role of Work Ethic in Mediating the Influence of Leadership on Employee Performance at the Housing and Settlement Agency, Langkat Regency
Keywords:
Leadership, Work Ethic, Employee Performance, Intervening Variables, PLS-SEMAbstract
This study aims to analyze the role of work ethic in mediating the influence of leadership on employee performance at the Langkat Regency Housing and Settlement Agency. This study used a quantitative approach with a survey method. The population in this study was all 50 employees of the Langkat Regency Housing and Settlement Agency. The sampling technique used total sampling, so the entire population served as the research sample. Data collection was conducted through a Likert-scale questionnaire, while data analysis used the Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method with the assistance of the SmartPLS 3.0 application. The results showed that leadership had a positive and significant effect on work ethic with a path coefficient of 0.818, a t-statistic of 21.055, and a p-value of 0.000. Leadership also had a positive and significant effect on employee performance with a path coefficient of 0.802, a t-statistic of 10.281, and a p-value of 0.000. Furthermore, work ethic has a positive and significant effect on employee performance with a path coefficient value of 0.203, t-statistics of 2.034, and p-value of 0.043. The results of the indirect effect test show that work ethic is able to mediate the influence of leadership on employee performance with a coefficient value of 0.103 and a p-value of 0.047. The R Square value of work ethic is 0.669 and employee performance is 0.808, which indicates that the research model has a strong ability to explain the relationship between variables. Thus, it can be concluded that leadership plays an important role in improving employee performance, both directly and through work ethic as an intervening variable.
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