Abstract
Recently, there are many public organizations in Indonesia use fingerprint to controll the attendance of the employee. However, the effectiveness of the implementation of this system has never been evaluated. This research aims at examining the influence of the using fingerprint and monitoring on work discipline of the employees in vertical organizations below the Ministry of Education and Culture of Republic of Indonesia in Kepulauan Riau. 44 public employees from the Board of Cultural Preservation and Language Office have been participated in this study. Using multiple linear regression, this study reveals that the using of fingerprint and monitoring have significant influence on work discipline simultanoeusly. Monitoring has positive influence on work discipline. Meanwhile, implementation of fingerprint has not influence on work discipline. Through this study, authors deny the perception of many policy makers in Indonesia and prior scholars that fingerprint can increase the discipline of public servants.
Highlights
After the movement of bureaucratic reform, there is a fundamental change in Indonesian public sector
This study was designed to address a theoretical gap in human resource management of Indonesian public sector regarding investigating the influence of fingerprint and monitoring on work discipline
Regression analysis was performed to examine whether fingerprint and monitoring have a positive and significant impact on work discipline of public servants, both partially and simultanelously
Summary
After the movement of bureaucratic reform, there is a fundamental change in Indonesian public sector. One of the agenda of bureaucratic reform applied is to make use of development of information, communication, and technology adopting various media of communication and information to serve public sector activities. This idea is drived by the reason that the use of ICT has long been believed to improve the quality of governance and delivering public services (Singh et al, 2010; Yudiatmaja & Yoserizal, 2010; Giné et al, 2012). The fingerprint is used to improve the discipline of the employee because this technology can contribute in recording the presence of the employees in the office (Jain et al, 1997; Saraswat & Kumar, 2010; Shoewu & Idowu, 2012). The survey conducted by McKenzie et al (2014) showed that the use of fingerprint has reduced the rate of teacher absenteeism in Indonesia’s public schools from 19 percent to 9.8 percent between 2003 and 2014
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