PERAN MOTIVASI DALAM MEMEDIASI HUBUNGAN KOMPETENSI DENGAN KINERJA PEGAWAI KANTOR CAMAT UNTER IWES KABUPATEN SUMBAWA

Abstract

This study aims to know the effect of human resource competency on officials’ performance through motivation as intervening variable at the Unter Iwes Subdistrict Office, Sumbawa District. The type of this study was associative study. The type of data used was quantitative data. The sources of data in this study were primary and secondary data. The methods used to collect data were through questionnaires. The populations in this study were all officials of the Unter Iwes sub-district office, consisted of 23 officials. The sampling technique used was saturated samples, so the numbers of samples in this study were 23 samples. Data analysis techniques used were path analysis, t test, and coefficient of determination test. The data analysis tool used was the SPSS version 23 for Windows application. The results of the study indicate that human resource (HR) competence and work motivation have a positive and significant effect on the performance of employees at the Unter Iwes Subdistrict Office, Sumbawa Regency, both partially and simultaneously. Furthermore, the findings also reveal that work motivation mediates the effect of HR competence on employee performance. Work motivation can strengthen employees’ willingness and enthusiasm to apply their competencies through concrete actions that lead to optimal performance. The ability of HR competence and work motivation to explain variations in employee performance at the Unter Iwes Subdistrict Office, Sumbawa Regency, is classified as very strong, accounting for 71.3%, while the remaining 28.7% is influenced by other variables outside the scope of this study.