Analisis Pengaruh Kepemimpinan Situasional dan Motivasi terhadap Prestasi Kerja Karyawan Divisi Produksi PT. Arun NGL Lhokseumawe

Abstract

In an organization or a company, the optimization employees’ performance is influenced by leadership styles of the leaders. The advancement and deterioration of the organization are also influenced by the leaders’ roles which can be seen in their leadership styles. Therefore, in order to motivate the employees’ performances, the leaders must be able to adjust their leadership styles with the situation and condition of work environment in the company so that the employees are motivated to achieve their good performances. In other words, the leaders should give assignments which are suitable for the employees’ capabilities. The aim of the research was to explain the influence of situational leadership and work motivation on employees’ performances. Using random sampling proportional technique, the data were collected by structured interviews referred to questionnaires distributed to 69 employees out of 223 sample population. The data were analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis in which the test and the partial test used t test with significant level of 5%. The hypothesis of the research was that situational leadership and work motivation influenced the employees’ performances at the production division of PT Arun NGL Lhokseumawe. The results of the research showed that situational leadership and work motivation simultaneously had significant influence on the employees’ performances at the reliability level of 95% (α = 5%). The determination coefficient (R2 ) of consumers’ satisfaction was 0.546, meaning that situational leadership variation and work condition of employees’ performances were 54.6%, while the rest of 45.4% was explained by other factors which were not included in the model. Partially, the results of the test for situational leadership showed that there were significant and positive influenced on the employees’ performances. For work motivation, the results also showed that there were significant and positive influenced on the employees’ performances. The variable of situational leadership was the most dominant factor which influenced the employees’ performances. Simultaneously, situational leadership and work motivation had positive and significant influence on the employees’ performances at the production division of PT Arun NGL Lhokseumawe.