Relation of Motivation to Return to the Place of Origin and Work Commitment

Abstract

Commitment to work is an important factor that affects the performance of an employee. The comfort in work environment is one of the many factors that affect the commitment of an employee. The comfort of work environment can be defined as a physical condition of work place and psychological comfort from an employee. Closeness to family is a sub-factor that affects the psychological aspect of an employee. Therefore, how the relationship between the work placement and work commitment of employees affects their work performance must be investigated. Included in the classification of correlational research, this study aims is to investigate the relationship between motivation to return to the place of origin and work commitment by taking the case of an account representative at the Primary Tax Service Office of Teluk Betung, Lampung. A social phenomenon on the desire to return to the place of origin for certain employees residing outside Bandar Lampung City in the environment of the Primary Tax Service Office of Teluk Betung motivated this study. This phenomenon is related to work commitment. Results affirm a strong relationship between the motivation to return to the place of origin and work commitment of an account representative at the Primary Tax Service Office of Teluk Betung. Thus, the Directorate General of Taxation (DGT) must require its management to consider the place of origin as a variable in each policy of work placement into the unit of work in the area of the DGT.

Keywords: motivation, work commitment, work placement