The Influence of Lecturer’s Personality on Work Performance Through Mediation of Motivation (Case Studies in Private and Public Higher Institute of Education in Díli)

Abstract

Work Performance of lecturer becomes a determinant factor that gives an influence to the lecturer’s personality through the mediation of motivation. The purposes of this study as follows: (1) Test of the influence of lecturer’s personality on work achievement. (2) Test of lecturer’s personality in terms of motivation; (3) Test of lecturer’s personality in terms of work achievement; (4) Test of the impact of motivation mediation on relationship of lecturer’s personality and work achievement. The method used in this study is quantitative study through survey done for some lecturers as study correspondents in both Private and Public Institute of Higher Education in Dili. There are 1.805 total population and used Solving Formula in order to find 100 samples that become respondents. The research instrument of obtaining the data is via questionnaire that developed form previous research, that’s why there is no need to have both validation and reliability test instrument.  The data analysis used SPSS and Smart-PLS 3.0 to analyze that data and hypothesis. The result shows that it does have positive relationship between the lecturer’s personality toward work achievement and it does have significant relationship between both variables. It also has positive and significant relationship between lecturer’s personality and motivation.  Also, there is positive and significant relationship between variable of motivation and variable of of work achievement. Therefore, motivation can be a good mediation to influence positively and significantly of both lecturer’s personality and work achievement.