An Evaluation on Antecedent of Employee Performance in Jepara Branch of Pt. Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line TBK

Abstract

Objective - This research aimed to find out the effect of transformational leadership on employee performance mediated by psychological empowerment and employees' affective commitment.

Design/Method/Approach – This research employed causal type of survey design, the conclusive one aiming to explain the relationship between variables distinguished into independent variable constituting a cause and dependent one constituting the consequence of a phenomenon. The sample employed consisted of 58 respondents taken using census method, in which all members of population were taken as respondent of research (population research).

Findings – The finding of research showed that out of four hypotheses proposed, three were supported: the relationship between transformational leadership and psychological empowerment, the relationship between transformational leadership and affective commitment, and the significant effect of affective commitment on employee performance. One hypothesis was not supported, the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance having direct insignificant effect (p < 0.05) and the relationship between leadership and affective commitment. It shows that transformational leadership affected performance with psychological empowerment and affective commitment as mediating variables (in full mediation).