Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 145-158
Analysis on the Influence of Individual Capacity and Work Environment on Employees’ Work Satisfaction with Motivation as Intervening Variable at Bumiputera 1912 Mutual Life Insurance, Medan Branch Office
Siti Khadijah Nasution, Prihatin Lumbanraja, Yeni Absah
Universitas Sumatera Utara
Corresponding Author: Siti Khadijah Nasution
ABSTRACT
Companies are in desperate need of resources and one of them is human resources which are the only resources that have reason, feelings, desires, abilities, skills, knowledge, encouragement, power, and work. All potential human resources are very influential on the efforts of the organization in achieving its objectives. This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of individual abilities, work environment and motivation on job satisfaction. The sampling technique used was proportional random sampling. The research population was all permanent employees of Bersana Bumiputera 1912 Life Insurance which was spread in the city of Medan. Total population of 142 people and a sample of 104 people. Analysis methods and techniques are multiple regression using path analysis. The results of the first substructure study indicate that individual abilities and work environment simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on motivation. Partially there is a direct positive and significant influence on individual abilities and work environment on motivation. The results of the second substructure study show that individual abilities, work environment and motivation simultaneously have a significant effect on job satisfaction. Partially there is a significant positive direct influence on individual ability to job satisfaction and positive and indirect influence on the work environment and motivation on job satisfaction. The results also show that there is an indirect influence on the individual's ability to work satisfaction through motivation, and the work environment on job satisfaction through motivation but the direct coefficient of influence is greater, the actual influence is direct influence.
Key words: Individual Ability, Work Environment, Motivation, Job Satisfaction
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