PERAN KEPEMIMPINAN TRAN SFORMASIONAL TERHADAP KETERIKATAN KERJA PADA KARYAWAN MILENIAL DENGAN VARIABEL KOMUNIKASI SEBAGAI MEDIATOR

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Kintan Nurcahya Wailulu
Fransisca I.R Dewi
Rita Markus Idulfilastri

Abstract

Keterikatan kerja merupakan isu yang penting dalam suatu organisasi karena hal tersebut berdampak pada produktivitas individu maupun organisasi saat ini. Keterikatan kerja (work engagement) merupakan hubungan relasi individu ataupun kelompok terhadap suatu pekerjaan. Fenomena dalam dunia kerja saat ini masuknya generasi kerja milenial yang cenderung memiliki keterikatan kerja rendah yakni mudah merasakan adanya tekanan dalam pekerjaan hal tersebut berdampak pada penyelesaian tugas. Dalam penelitian ini, keterikatan kerja ditinjau dari segi gaya kepemimpinan transformasional (transformational leadership) dengan komunikasi sebagai mediator. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode purposive sampling sebanyak 371 partisipan karyawan milenial telah mengikuti survey yang dilakukan. Berdasarkan hasil analisa Structural Equation Model (SEM) dan ditemukan bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional memiliki peran yang signifikan terhadap keterikatan kerja dan komunikasi terbukti berperan sebagai mediator. 

 

Work engagement is important issue in organization due to it has an impact on the productivity of individuals or organization performance. Work engagement is relationship of individuals or groups to a job. The phenomenon right now is entry of millennial work generation which tends to have a low work engagement, and easy to feel the pressure in the work and it has an impact on task completion. In this study, work engagement is viewed in terms of transformational leadership style with communication as a mediator. This study used a purposive sampling method with 371 millennial employees who already participated. Based on the analysis of the Structural Equation Model (SEM) found that transformational leadership has a significant role in work engagement and communication is proven to act as a mediator.

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