Motivation, Leadership, Competence and Training Impact towards Staff Performance Using Job Satisfaction as Intervening Variables (Case Study at Sukamandi Apparatus Training Center)

This research is done to analyze the influence of motivation, leadership, competence and training towards job satisfaction and the impact of job satisfaction towards performance. There are 113 staff involved as respondents in this study and taken as sampling using census method. Primary data in this study is collected using questionnaire and then analyzed using the Likert scale as well as numeric scale. Secondary data is obtained from Institution's Annual Report and Government Accountability Report (LAKIP) of Sukamandi Apparatus Training Centre (BDA). Furthermore, data is explored using descriptive and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS). This study shows that (1) staff performance with vertical communication is influenced both directly and indirectly by motivation, leadership and competence, while training indirectly affects performance through job satisfaction, (2) Staff performance with horizontal communication is directly and indirectly influenced by leadership, competence and training, while motivation affects performance directly, (3) Job satisfaction functions as mediating variables in intermediating the effect of motivation, leadership, competence and training towards performance.