Abstract
This study aims to determine the relationship between work motivation and participative leadership with the work behavior of Bengkulu Province Education and Culture Office Functional employees. The selection of Bengkulu Province is one of the provinces whose development and growth is relatively slower compared to other provinces in Sumatra. The research hypotheses proposed are: (1) there is a positive relationship between work motivation and work behavior, (2) there is a positive relationship between participative leadership and work behavior, and (3) there is a positive relationship between work motivation and participative leadership together with work behavior. The population of this research is the employees who are not currently occupying positions (functional staff) at the Office of Education and Culture of Bengkulu Province, in 2018 as many as 75 people, and the sampling technique uses saturated sampling techniques. Based on the results of the study found: (1) there is a positive relationship between work motivation with work behavior. (2) There is a positive relationship between participative leadership and work behavior and (3) there is a positive relationship between work motivation and participatory leadership together with work behavior. From the three findings, it was stated that (1) work behavior can be improved by increasing work motivation by increasing the desire to achieve and increasing a sense of responsibility, and increasing appreciation for the work, and (2) work behavior can be improved by increasing participatory leadership, by how to involve employees in every decision-making, respect the opinions and suggestions of employees, and enhance cooperation.
Highlights
Organizational behavior is a field of study that observes the influence of individual, group and behavioral behavior in organizational structures with the aim of gaining knowledge to improve organizational effectiveness, and besides organizational behavior is a discipline that studies how individual-level behavior, group level, and its impact on performance
Work behavior (Kusumawati, 2015) is a human resource activity in an organization that is oriented to the goals that have been set so that it can actualize itself through work attitudes following the organizational environment based on Islamic principles
Work behavior is the actions and attitudes shown by people who work, according to Bond and Meyer (1987), Work behavior is the ability to work and behaviors where it is very important in every job and work situation, according to Robbins (2015) work behavior that is where people in the work environment can actualize themselves through attitudes at work
Summary
Organizational behavior is a study that studies human behavior starting from the behavior of individuals, groups, and behavior when organizing, as well as the influence of individual behavior on the activities of the organization where they do or join in the organization. It needs to be realized that in a government organization a new strategy is needed to improve the work behavior of its employees so that it can be a useful resource. Based on observations made at the Office of Education and Culture of Bengkulu Province, it is known that some employees look relaxed, do not do the work humming, pacing, and some even sleep in chairs during working hours This is a behavior that is not good to carry out organizational tasks. ©Center for Promoting Education and Research www.cpernet.org permit did not provide fast and maximum service because they were busy, had a lot of work, and there were other needs outside of official duties Real conditions like this prove that the need to improve the work behavior of employees in these agencies. The work behavior of employees is an interesting issue to be studied scientifically, so the authors choose this problem to be investigated more deeply to find out the real situation
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