Analysis of effect of leadership style, work motivation and work ability to employee satisfaction in increasing performance of harvesters

Abstract

The purpose of research was to analyze the effect of leadership style, motivation and ability on work satisfaction in improving harvesting performance of harvesters in Bukit Sentang, Padang Mandarsah, Dalu-dalu and Dawas plantation of Indonesia Oil Palm Research Institute (IOPRI). the analytical method used in this research is the analysis of correlation and linear regression with path analiysis. The results of the research showed that simultaneous leadership style, work motivation and work ability had an effect on job satisfaction, as well as leadership style, work ability and job satisfaction had an effect on job performance. Partially, leadership style and work ability have a significant positive effect, but work motivation does not have a significant effect on job satisfaction. While work ability has a significant positive effect, but leadership style and job satisfaction have no significant effect on job performance. The percentage of direct effect of leadership style was 33.41% on job satisfaction, while work ability was only 6.81% and work motivation was 1.44%. The percentage of direct effect of work ability is 17.56% on work performance, while the leadership style is 1.90% and work ability is 1.23%.