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Abstract:This study aims toanalyze the effect of motivation and competency factor on
employee performance in Satellite Technology Center – National Institute of Aeronautics
and Space. This study uses a quantitative approach using descriptive analytic surveywith
cross-sectional study. Respondents in this study of 79 people who are employees of part
dissemination, program and facility, administration.The data analysis used in this research
were descriptive analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) PLS. The results show
that motivationhas significant effect either directly or indirectly through the competency
on employee performance in Satellite Technology Center – National Institute of Aeronau-
tics and Space.
work units in LAPAN. Satellite Technology Center schedule which has been set. Since2014, those re-
has main tasks to carry out research, development, ports aresubmitted and the indication from the year
engineering, and utilization and the implementation to year remains the same;there are always employ-
of space activities in the field of satellite technol- ees who submit those reports late.
ogy. If those various problems related to human
As a research and development institute, em- resourcesare not investigated further, it will affect
ployees in Satellite Technology Center – LAPAN, either directly or indirectly to the achievement of
most of which are functional researchers, engineers, the organizational objectives. By studying the em-
and litkayasa technicians should have good perfor- ployee performance, then we will be able to know
mance to be able to produce a research result which the things that are most influentialin performance,
is useful for society, by the publication of scien- so it will be found the right strategy to be able to
tific journals. Here is the recapitulation of the num- improve the performance of employees inSatellite
ber of publication of National KTI Journal from Technology Center - LAPAN.
2013 to 2015, which can be seen in Table 1. This research of theinfluence ofmotivation and
competence on employee performance is based on
Table 1 Recapitulation of the Publication of Na- the study which was conducted by Rakhma, et al.
tional KTI (2015), which is based on the thought that in order
to maximize the organizational performance, quali-
Year Target Realization Achievement fied elements to maximize the performance of the
2013 35 31 88,5 % organization is required. Humanresources owned
2014 40 14 35 % by the organization have various characteristics, in-
cluding motivation, competence, and performance.
2015 40 19 47,5 %
Riyanti and Sudibya (2013) stated that motivation
Source: LAKIP Satellite Technology Center - LAPAN and competence partially affect the performance of
employees. The objectives of this research are 1).
To analyze the influence of motivation onthe per-
Based on Table 1, the number of performance formance of employees in Satellite Technology Cen-
achievement for scientific publication of National ter - LAPAN, 2). To analyze the influence of com-
KTIof 2013 showed good results, it can be seen petence onthe performance of employees in Satel-
from the achievements of performance,amounted lite Technology Center - LAPAN, 3). To analyze
to 88.5%. However, in 2014, the achievement per- the influence of motivation on the competence of
formance of scientific publications of National KTI employees in Satellite Technology Center - LAPAN.
decreased very drastically, and then in 2015 it in-
creased, but the amount was not too significant. The RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
realization was still below 50%. The hypotheses proposed in this research are:
Inaddition to these conditions, based on the in- H1 = Motivation significantly affectsemployee
terview with the Civil Service Division in Satellite performance in Satellite Technology Cen-
Technology Center - LAPAN, nowadays there are ter - LAPAN.
many employees who often late in presenting log H2 = Competence significantly affects employee
book report and technical report in each month. performance inSatellite Technology Center
Thosereports should have been submitted not later - LAPAN.
than the fifth day in each month, but the reality that H3 = Motivation significantly affects employee
occurs is in contrast to the existing regulations. competence in Satellite Technology Center
Manyemployees submit those reports later thanthe - LAPAN.
ing an opportunity to improve knowledge through edge supporting the professionalism at work
training (X215) has the small loading factor value, (X211), master the field of work undertaken cur-
below 0.7, so it should be removed from the model rently (X213), skill owned supports the completion
and the model should be reprocessed to obtain the of daily work (X221), being able to solve the prob-
best model. In the final model, the loading factor lems that occur at work (X222), the skill owned
value of indicator remaining in those three latent makes employees more confident in finishing their
variables is above 0.7 and has very good indicator work (X223), have enough experience in the cur-
reliability. rent field/ job position (X227), and happy if given
Based on figure 2, motivation (X1) in the fi- the task which requires high skill (X234).
nal model is reflected by seven indicators, namely Meanwhile, in latent variable of performance
conveying ideas owned which carry positive im- (Y) and its indicator, indicators that have the great-
pact for agency (X112), working seriously though est reliability reflecting performance are the ten-
the leader is not monitoring (X113), doing the task dency of employees to build a good cooperation
given by the leader the best they can (X121), will- with the leader (Y52 = 0.890), fostering good co-
ing to work hard to reach the target of agency operation with colleagues (Y51 = 0.829), keeping
(X122), working hard to give excellent results the quality of work in finishing the task given (Y22
(X123), will not give up although there are many = 0.819), willing to help coworkers who find diffi-
problems faced (X131), and will be looking for culty (Y53 = 0.773), working accurately (Y21 =
another alternative when the attempt did not pro- 0.768), in doing the task given, employees try make
duce maximum results (X132). Those seven indi- the schedule plan of work, so it can be completed
cators have loading factor value above 0.7, so they in time (Y32 = 0.740), being able to finish the work
really reflect the motivation of employees in Satel- on time (Y31 = 0.714), working seriously (Y43 =
lite Technology Center - LAPAN. 0.713), and willing to help the co-workers who are
Those indicators show that basically, employ- absent (Y54 = 0.713).
ees in Satellite Technology Center - LAPAN have In Figure 2, it also can be seen in the final model
strong motivation in working, so all kinds of the that there is direct influence of motivation on per-
idea they have will be realized to achieve the target formance, amounted to 0.406, while the influence
of an agency. Employees often work overtime if of indirect motivation on performance if through
there are very important jobs. competence (0.663 X 0.446), then the result is
The final model of latent variable of compe- 0.295. So, in this case, it can be seen that the direct
tence (X2) shows that there are seven indicators influence of motivation on performance is higher.
that reflect the competence itself, namely: knowl-
Assessment results in a reflective outer model which means that variants of performance in Satel-
and the value of standard fulfilled are presented in lite Technology Center - LAPAN can be explained
Table 3. by the variability of motivation and competence
amounted to 60.3% (0.603 X 100%), while the rest
Evaluation of Assessment ofInner Model is described by other variables outside which are
Inner model can be tested by looking at the not studied. The value of R-square, which is 0.603,
value of R2 in dependent construct. This test is used is categorized among moderate and substantial, but
to test the feasibility of model or goodness of fit. it is closer to substantial.
The construct of performance in Satellite Technol- The next step was looking at the significance
ogy Center - LAPAN obtained R2 value of 0.603, of the influence of independent construct (exog-
enous) on dependent construct (endogenous) and thenH0 is rejected. It proves that all hypotheses that
answered what has been hypothesized. The test was are proposed in this research are true, namely: mo-
conducted with a significance level of 5%, if the tivation significantly influences employee perfor-
value of T-statistics> 1.96, then the null hypothesis mance (H1), competence significantly influences
(H0) is rejected. The value of T-statistics coeffi- employee performance (H2), and motivation sig-
cient of the influence of latent construct was ob- nificantly gives positive influence on competence
tained from PLS bootstrapping. The results of the (H3).
PLS bootstrapping model of Satellite Technology
Center – LAPAN are presented in figure 3 below. DISCUSSIONS
Parameter coefficient value can be seen in path The results obtained in this study are in accor-
coefficient value and t-statistics value presented in dance with the results of the study conducted by
table 4 below. Pramono (2007), which shows that performance is
Basedon the results of data analysis in table 4, significantly influenced by motivation. The find-
it is known that the value of T-statistic> 1.96,
ings obtained in this research are also in accordance Based on the results of this study, there is a
with the results of the study conducted by Achim et positive and significant relationship between com-
al. (2013) that employee motivation affects the per- petence and employee performance. Related to it,
formance of organization and performance obtained then good competence will increase employee per-
in the organizational level depends on the quality formance. It is in line with the study which was
in motivating human resources. It is in line with conducted by Rahmat (2015), which tested the re-
the study conducted by Fomenky (2015) with the lationship between competence and work environ-
dimension of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, that ment with employee performance in Department of
motivation provided by the organization has a sig- Youth and Sports in Gorontalo city. The results
nificant influence on employee performance. It is showed that there is a positive and very significant
in line with the theory that effort which is appreci- relationship between competence and employee
ated will result in greater value than effort which is performance, and there is also a significant rela-
appreciated. Employees expect every effort they tionship between work environment and employee
have made to be appreciated and recognized, that performance. It is supported by the research con-
will eventually lead to improvement in their per- ducted by NGO et al. (2014), which shows that there
formance. The research which was conducted by is significant and positive influence between the
Aly and Shanawany (2016) showed that intrinsic competence of human resources on the performance
motivation has a positive and significant relation- of the company. The results of this study are also in
ship with performance and employee productivity. line with the results of research conducted by
Prasetio et al (2014), that competence affects the petence owned by employees, especially with most
performance of employees. of the employees (46.84%) who have a bachelor
This study also shows that motivation signifi- degree, so employees already have sufficient edu-
cantly influences the competence of employees. It cational background to improve the competence
is in accordance with the opinion of Sutrisno (2009), owned maximally. Further research should extend
that a person acts on his/ her own accord to de- the scope of research, not only in one unit, but the
velop his/ her skill optimally. This shows that one’s research can be done in one agency with all units it
motivation will drive his/ her to develop his/ her has.
competence.
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