The Effect of Motivation and Compensation on Job Performance through Job Satisfaction of Vocational Higher Education Lecturers in East Kalimantan

Abstract

This research aims to analyze and prove the effect of motivation and compensation directly on Job Performance and indirectly through Job Satisfaction of Vocational Higher Education lecturers in East Kalimantan. Primary data were collected through questionnaire distribution designed with Likert scale to 259 students, fellow lecturers, and leaders. Analysis of the data collected using multivariate linear regression analysis with the AMOS program Structural Equation Model as a tool. The analysis revealed that motivation directly had a significant positive effect on Job Performance and indirectly through Job Satisfaction. Meanwhile, indirect compensation through Job Satisfaction has a significant positive effect, but indirectly has no significant effect on Job Performance. The implication of this research is that increased motivation encourages the creation of Job Satisfaction and Has an effect on the increase of Job Performance. Meanwhile, the increase in compensation can encourage an increase in Job Satisfaction but it does not necessarily increase the Job Performance of Vocational Higher Education lecturers in East Kalimantan. Job Satisfaction is able to be a good mediator in the realization of Job Performance or in other words job satisfaction is a prerequisite for achieving Job performance.