The Effect of Compensation and Work Motivation on Employee Work Productivity through Employee Satisfaction As an Intervening Variable at PT. Tarindo 3 Juwana Pati

This study aims to analyze the effect of compensation and work motivation on employee work productivity through employee satisfaction as an intervening variable at PT. Tarindo 3 Juwana Pati. The research adopts a quantitative approach, with a sample of 115 respondents obtained through a saturated sampling technique. Data were analyzed using the SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) analysis techniques with the AMOS 24 program. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that: (1) Compensation has a positive and significant effect on employee satisfaction; (2) Work motivation has a negative but not significant effect on employee satisfaction; (3) Compensation has a positive and significant effect on employee work productivity; (4) Work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee work productivity; (5) Employee satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on employee work productivity; (6) Employee satisfaction cannot be a mediation of compensation on employee work productivity; and (7) Employee satisfaction cannot be a mediation of work motivation on employee work productivity PT. Tarindo 3 Juwana Pati. Keywords: compensation, work motivation, employee work productivity, employee satisfaction