The Influence of Leadership Style and Motivation on the Performance of Employees

The purpose of this study is to see how the influence of leadership style and motivation on the performance of employees at the Department of Employment Langkat. The approach in this study is associative by looking at their relationship or influence between independent variables and the dependent variable. Number of samples in this study was 70 respondents who are employees at the Department of Employment Langkat. Data processing techniques in this study using multiple linear regression. The results of this study partially leadership style significantly influence employee performance at the Department of Employment Langkat showed tcount > ttable (2.450 > 1.666), partial motivation also significantly influence the performance of employees at the Department of Employment Langkat show tcount > ttable (5.288 > 1.666). Simultaneously Style Leadership and Motivation positive and significant influence on employee performance at the Department of Employment Langkat, because Fcount > Ftable (82.227 > 3.13). R-Square is 0.711 contributed 71.10%, demonstrating the leadership style (X1) and motivation (X2) affect employee performance (Y) at the Department of Employment Langkat, While the remaining 28.90% influenced by other variables not examined, such as work discipline, work environment, job stress, compensation, promotion, training and other variables.