Influence of Teamwork, Environment on Job Satisfaction and Job Performance of the Cigarette Rollers at Clove Cigarette Factories in East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

This research examines the influence of teamwork, working environment on job satisfaction and job performance of Clove Cigarette Factories in East Java, Indonesia. This study was a survey research used for the explanatory or confirmatory purpose. The research was used to test several hypotheses by explaining the effects of variables or causal relationship among variables through hypothesis testing. This research was conducted at the cigarette factories in East Java which covered 200 cigarette rollers as respondent. The sample was drawn using proportional random sampling method. Data were obtained by distribution and collection of the returned questionnaires and then analyzed using Structural Equation Model. Five hypotheses were proposed in the study where four hypotheses had significant effects and one hypothesis had non-significant effect. The hypotheses that had significant influences were including: the effect of teamwork on job satisfaction, the effect of teamwork on job performance, the effect of work environment on job performance, the effect of job satisfaction on job performance. The hypothesis having non-significant impact is the effect of work environment on job satisfaction. Relationship model between variables under study showed that Teamwork and work environment were significantly correlated with job satisfaction and job performance of the cigarette rollers in three clove cigarette factories in East Java. Finding of the research are explained as follows: work environment have no direct significant effect of cigarette role on job satisfaction.

Keywords: teamwork, work environment, job satisfaction, job performance