The Importance of Collaborative Ability and Emotional Intelligence in Shaping Job Satisfaction and Lecturer Performance in the Transformational Era

Abstract

The paper aims to provide evaluations and solutions to optimize job satisfaction and lecturer performance during an innovative and cultured sustainable educational transformation in the era of an independent campus. 360 lecturers were chosen as the respondents from four universities with excellent accreditation in Sumatera, Indonesia: _Syiah Kuala_ University, University of Sumatera Utara, State University of Medan, and _Andalas_ University. The raw data was collected using two methods: a survey method by distributing questionnaires and conducting Focus Group Discussions. Data collected is processed and analyzed through Multiple Linear Regression analysis using path analysis and the Sobel test to evaluate the significant relationship between the intervening and the independent variables on the dependent variable. The research proved that collaboration skills and emotional intelligence have a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction and lecturer performance. Job satisfaction also has a positive and significant effect on lecturers' performance. Collaboration Ability is the dominant variable affecting job satisfaction and lecturers' performance. The collaboration skills and Emotional Intelligence possessed by lecturers at Superior Accredited Universities on the Island of Sumatera positively and significantly affect job satisfaction and lecturer performance. The research results prove that lecturer job satisfaction positively and significantly affects lecturer performance.