THE ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION IN MEDIATING THE EFFECT OF COMPETENCE ON LECTURERS’ PERFORMANCE AT THE ECONOMICS COLLEGE OF INDRAGIRI (STIE-I) RENGAT

Abstract

The implementation of education in higher education cannot be separated from the intervention of lecturers as human resources who carry out the three resposibilities of higher education. Human resources are no longer as assets, but as partners to achieve organizational goals that have been set effectively and efficiently. Lecturers’ performance was a lecturer who carries out the three responsibilities of higher education, namely education, teaching, research, and community service. Because of the above, the main focus of the study was to analyze the lecturers’ performance at The Economics College of Indragiri (STIE-I) Rengat, therefore the purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of competence on job satisfaction, competence on lecturers’ performance and job satisfaction on lecturers’ performance and the effect of competence on lecturers’ performance mediating by job satisfaction at The Economics College of Indragiri (STIE-I) Rengat. Researchers took the population of lecturers at The Economics College of Indragiri (STIE-I) Rengat totaling 40 people. This sampling method was chosen by using a saturated sampling technique (census). The data in the study were analyzed using quantitative methods and all data obtained were processed using SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) which was operated through the Smart PLS 3 application. The results of the study indicate that: (1) Competence has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction. (2) Competence has a positive and significant effect on lecturers’ performance. (3) Job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on lecturers’ performance. (4) Job satisfaction mediates the effect of competence on lecturers’ performance positively and significantly. By having job satisfaction supported by competence, it can produce optimal performance for lecturers.

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