Work satisfaction

The role of work satisfaction as a mediation leadership on employee performance

: Authors

Ratna Pudyaningsiha, Joes Dwihartoa , Muhammad Tahajjudi Ghifary

: Abstract

Leadership is an important factor in providing direction to employees and it can improve employee performance, significantly. When a leader can grow the employees’ confidence in carrying out their respective duties, he/she contributes to the performance of the organization. In addition to leadership, job satisfaction is also an important factor which influences on employee performance. To be able to maintain existing resources, companies are required to increase employee satisfaction, increase employee organizational commitment and provide job security for employees. This study aims to analyze the influence of leadership on job satisfaction, analyze the influence of leadership on employee performance, study the effect of job satisfaction on employee performance and analyze job satisfaction as a mediate leadership on employee performance based on path analysis. The result of the analysis shows that leadership influenced job satisfaction and employee performance while job satisfaction affects performance. Finally, the results indicate that job satisfaction mediated the effect of leadership on employee performance