Improving Human Resource Performance Through Work Engagement as an Intervening Variable Influenced by Transformational Leadership and Inspirational Motivation
Abstract
Leadership in companies or organizations is still widely encountered that tends to only continue the leadership style of the previous leader. Transformational leadership must be able to inspire human resources to develop a company or organization and be able to realize high work engagement for human resources so that it makes it easier for the company or organization to achieve its goals. This study aims to analyze and determine the influence of Inspirational Motivation and transformational leadership on employee performance through work engagement as a mediating variable. This research method uses an Explanatory Research type where this method is a mixture of qualitative data and quantitative data. The sample technique in this study uses the Purposive Sampling method. The population used is employees of PT. Krakatau Poschem and its Affiliates with a population of 144 people and the sample used was the Slovin method where the margin of error was 5% so that a sample of 106 people was obtained. Based on the results of the research that has been carried out, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between Transformational Leadership and Work Engagement, Inspirational Motivation in Transformational Leadership and Human Resources Performance, Work Engagement and Human Resources Performance.
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