Employee performance shows how much employees contribute to the organization, but improving employee performance in an agency is not an easy thing. Many factors that affect employee performance include organizational internal factors such as transformational leadership styles and employee internal factors such as work ethic and employee competence. This study aims to determine and analyze: 1) the effect of transformational leadership style on employee performance; 2) the effect of work ethic on employee performance; 3) the influence of employee competence on employee performance; and 4) the influence of transformational leadership style, work ethic, and competence on employee performance in Disdukcapil of Rejang Lebong Regency. This research is a correlational quantitative research with data collection techniques through questionnaires, interviews, observations, and documentation. The primary data came from questionnaires filled out by 52 of the 60 employees at the Disdukcapil. Respondents were determined through a simple random sampling technique. The survey method uses a closed questionnaire instrument on a Likert scale of 1-5. Secondary data comes from the official website of the Disdukcapil of Rejang Lebong Regency. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 program with the tested hypothesis using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the study found: 1) the influence of transformational leadership style on employee performance; 2) there is no influence of work ethic on employee performance; 3) the influence of employee competence on employee performance; and 4) the influence of transformational leadership style, work ethic, and employee competence on employee performance at the Disdukcapil of Rejang Lebong Regency.
 Keywords: employee competence employee performance transformational leadership style work ethic
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