An Empirical Study on the Influence of Internal and External Factors on Port Enterprise Employee Performance: A Case Study in Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia is an archipelago country with thousands of islands ranging from Sabang to Merauke. Because of these circumstances, port services are essential as a mode of transportation for transporting people or products from one island to another. To improve the performance of port services, the performance of its employees must be consistently upgraded. The purpose of this study was to investigate the components that influence the performance of Port Enterprise (PEs) employees. The total sample for the research is 262 PE employees spread across Jakarta. A survey was used to collect data, which was then processed using principal component factor analysis and ordinary least squares regression techniques. We categorize the factors that influence employee performance into two groups: those connected to the environment/company (external) and those related to employee personal characteristics (internal). According to the regression results, organizational climate, work environment, and job autonomy are work/environment components that have been empirically demonstrated to affect employee performance. Employee adaptability and skill development, on the other hand, represent components related to employee qualities.

Keywords

• employee performance
• port enterprise
• work environment
• job autonomy
• adaptation