A Study on Employees Performance: Spiritual Leadership and Work Motivation with Mediation Work Satisfaction at the University of Darul Ulum, Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine a work satisfaction with the emphasize on a spiritual leadership and a work motivation in reaching a employees performance. The research was held at University of Darul Ulum, Jombang, East Java. The four research variables measured by applying Likert scale for collecting a employees perception. The amount of population research is 326 people and completed with 180 people for a sample. The method of collecting data is Simple Random Sampling and this research is quantitative. The method for analyzing data for a coefficient model is performing the Structural Equation Modeling and the Path Analysis. Originality of this research is to investigate the work satisfaction of employees as a mediator for the spiritual  leadership and work motivation in improving the employees performance in the Structural Equation Modeling. The result of this research suggest that a work motivation can be able to strengthen a employees satisfaction in improving a work performance at University of Darul Ulum implementing a spiritual  leadership model.

Keywords: spiritual leadership, work  motivation, work satisfaction, employees performance.