The Impact Of Competency and Personal-Job Fit on Improving Work Motivation to Increase Employee Performance at Class II Ksop Cilacap

Abstract

The Class II KSOP Cilacap as an institution that manages the port has a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of the port. Achieving superior performance cannot be separated from various influencing factors, including employee competency, personal-job fit, and work motivation. Employee competency, which includes knowledge, skills, and attitudes, is the basic capital that must be possessed to be able to carry out tasks well. This purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of competency and personal-job fit on employee work motivation and performance at the Class II KSOP Cilacap. The study data were collected through questionnaires distributed to 92 employees during the census. The IBM SPSS version 25 application was used for path analysis. The results of the study indicate that employee competency has a positive effect on work motivation, personal-job fit has a positive effect on work motivation, competency has a positive effect on employee performance, personal-job fit has a positive effect on employee performance, work motivation plays a mediating role in the relationship between competency and employee performance, and work motivation plays a mediating role in the relationship between personal-job fit and employee performance.

Keywords: KSOP Cilacap; Competency; personal-job fit; Work Motivation; Employee Performance