Contribution Of Leadership And Work Motivation To Employee Work Discipline At The Office Of The Education Office Of The City Of Bukittinggi

Abstract

Based on observations in the field, it is illustrated that employee work discipline is still not optimal. This is thought to have something to do with leadership and work motivation possessed by employees. Therefore it is necessary to do research to test the truth. This study aims to reveal the contribution of leadership and work motivation to employee work discipline at the Office of the Education Office of the City of Bukittinggi. The hypotheses put forward in this study are: (1) leadership contributes to employee work discipline, (2) work motivation contributes to employee work discipline, (3) leadership and work motivation jointly contribute to employee work discipline. The population in this study were all employees at the Education and Culture Office of the City of Bukittinggi, a total of 90 people consisting of 70 undergraduates and 20 masters. The research sample consisted of 63 people who were taken using a stratified proportional random sampling technique. The research instrument used is the rating scale and the Likert Scale model questionnaire which has been tested for its validity and reliability. The research data were analyzed using correlation and regression techniques. The results of the data analysis show that: (1) leadership contributes to employee work discipline by 13.9%, (2) work motivation contributes to employee work discipline by 68.6%, (3) leadership and work motivation jointly contribute to employee work discipline of 78.9%. The achievement level of the employee work discipline score of 87.27% is in the high category, and for leadership 82.68% is in the good category while for teacher work motivation 85.48 of the ideal score is in the high category. The findings above imply that leadership and work motivation are two factors that can improve employee work discipline, apart from other factors

Keywords

• Leadership, work motivation, work discipline