Motivation and work commitment on employee productivity through job satisfaction: an employee-level study
Keywords:
Employee Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Work Commitment, Work MotivationAbstract
Employee productivity is an important aspect of organizational performance and may be influenced by employees’ work motivation, work commitment, and job satisfaction. This study aims to examine the relationships between work motivation, work commitment, and employee productivity, while also examining the role of job satisfaction as an intervening variable at CV. Dunia Outbound Kita. A quantitative associative research design was employed involving 50 employees selected using a saturated sampling technique. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale and analyzed using SPSS version 26. The analysis included classical assumption testing, multiple linear regression, partial and simultaneous significance tests, coefficient of determination, path analysis, and indirect-effect analysis. The results show that work motivation has a significant positive relationship with employee productivity (β = 0.025; t = 2.255; p = 0.029), while work commitment also has a significant positive relationship with employee productivity (β = 0.547; t = 4.358; p < 0.001). Work motivation does not have a statistically significant relationship with job satisfaction (β = 0.017; t = 1.977; p = 0.054), whereas work commitment has a significant positive relationship with job satisfaction (β = 0.224; t = 3.786; p < 0.001). Job satisfaction is also positively and significantly related to employee productivity (β = 0.576; t = 5.376; p < 0.001). The coefficient of determination indicates that work motivation, work commitment, and job satisfaction jointly explain 40.9% of the variation in employee productivity. The indirect-effect analysis indicates an indirect relationship between work commitment and employee productivity through job satisfaction, while no statistically supported indirect relationship was established between work motivation and employee productivity through job satisfaction. These findings provide empirical evidence that employee productivity is associated with work motivation, work commitment, and job satisfaction in the organizational context studied.
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