The Effect of Employee Competencies and Discipline on the Performance of State Civil Apparatus at Wewiku District Office, Malaka Regency

Abstract

The ability of a nation is determined by the capability of the bureaucratic apparatus in carrying out its duties and functions as a professional and accountable public servant and can be measured from performance achievements. The purpose of this study was to provide input to the government of Malaka regency regarding the employee competencies and discipline and its influence of the performance on officers at Wewiku district, Malaka regency. There are still problems with employee performance in Wewiku district, such as the low quality of work and the limited reliability of work. The population of this research is all State Civil Apparatus working in Wewiku district, Malaka regency. The State Civil Apparatus living in Wewiku District, Malaka Regency, work at the Wewiku District Office, and the others are Village Secretary for 12 villages in Wewiku district, so the total is 33 people. The results of the statistical analysis show that the correlation coefficient r between the competence and the performance variable is 0.7252. If connected with table 3.2, the value is in the interval of 0.60 to 0.799, meaning that the influence of competence on the performance of the state civil apparatus in Wewiku district, Malaka regency district is stron. Also, the analysis of the correlation coefficient r between the variable of employees discipline and performance is 0.6487. If connected with table 3.2, the value is in the interval of 0.60 to 0.799, meaning that the effect of discipline on the performance of the state civil apparatus in Wewiku district, Malaka regency is strong. Moreover, the calculation results used the regression equation for two predictors: If Y = a+b₁X₁+b₂X₂, the Adjusted R Square value of 0.60757 multiplied by 100% will result in 60.759%, meaning that the influence of competence (X₁) and discipline (X₂) on the performance of state civil apparatus in Wewiku district is quite significant. Therefore, the head of Wewiku district and Malaka regency is recommended to improve further the competence and discipline of employees by conducting further studies for civil servants, registering employees in training, and fostering employee attitudes so that they have a more positive effect on the performance of the state civil apparatus.

Keywords: Performance, Wewiku District, Competence, Discipline, Malaka Regency

DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/10-9-01

Publication date:September 30^th 2020