The Influence of Leadership and Work Culture through Work Motivation on Employee Performance

The performance of employees at the Tabanan Regency Planning, Research and Development Agency has a big role in achieving organizational goals, therefore improving employee performance is very important to do. There are many factors that can affect employee performance, namely leadership, work culture and work motivation. The aims of this study were to determine (1) the direct effect of leadership and work culture on work motivation, (2) the direct effect of leadership, work culture and work motivation on employee performance and (3) the indirect effect of leadership and culture through work motivation on performance employee. The data in this study were collected using a questionnaire method which was distributed to respondents, namely as many as 55 employees at the Planning, Research and Development Agency of Tabanan Regency. The data analysis technique used to achieve the objectives of this study is path analysis which examines the direct and indirect effects between variables. The results showed that (1) leadership and work culture have a direct significant effect on work motivation, (2) leadership, work culture and work motivation have a direct significant effect on employee performance and (3) leadership and work culture have a significant influence indirectly through work motivation on employee performance.