The Effect of Work Motivation, Transformational Leadership Style and Career Development on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction

Mutmainnah ; Nurul ; Amransyah ; Rizkiawan ; Nelly
Journal Media Sosial dan Creative Industries 📅 2026 Vol 1, No 2
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the influence of work motivation, transformational leadership style, and career development on employee performance through job satisfaction at the Dinas PUPR Kabupaten Kutai Timur. This research uses quantitative explanatory method with SEM-PLS (Structural Equation Modeling - Partial Least Squares) analysis. The population consists of 120 employees with a sample of 93 respondents determined using the Slovin formula with 5% margin of error and simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using a Likert scale questionnaire (1-5). The results show that career development has a significant positive effect on job satisfaction (original sample 0.574, p-value 0.000), and transformational leadership style has a significant positive effect on employee performance (original sample 0.540, p-value 0.000). However, work motivation and transformational leadership style do not significantly affect job satisfaction, and work motivation and career development do not directly affect employee performance. Furthermore, job satisfaction fails to mediate the relationship between work motivation, transformational leadership style, and career development on employee performance. The R-Square values indicate that the predictor variables explain 40.4% of job satisfaction variance and 40.1% of employee performance variance.
Keywords
Work Motivation Transformational Leadership Career Development Job Satisfaction Employee Performance
How to Cite

Mutmainnah, et al. (2026). The Effect of Work Motivation, Transformational Leadership Style and Career Development on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction. Journal Media Sosial dan Creative Industries, 1(2).

Mutmainnah, Nurul; Amransyah; Rizkiawan; Nelly, "The Effect of Work Motivation, Transformational Leadership Style and Career Development on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction," Journal Media Sosial dan Creative Industries, vol. 1, no. 2, 2026.

Mutmainnah, Nurul; Amransyah; Rizkiawan; Nelly. "The Effect of Work Motivation, Transformational Leadership Style and Career Development on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction." Journal Media Sosial dan Creative Industries, vol. 1, no. 2, 2026.

Mutmainnah, Nurul; Amransyah; Rizkiawan; Nelly. "The Effect of Work Motivation, Transformational Leadership Style and Career Development on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction." Journal Media Sosial dan Creative Industries 1, no. 2 (2026).

Mutmainnah, et al. (2026) 'The Effect of Work Motivation, Transformational Leadership Style and Career Development on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction', Journal Media Sosial dan Creative Industries, 1(2).

Mutmainnah, Nurul; Amransyah; Rizkiawan; Nelly. The Effect of Work Motivation, Transformational Leadership Style and Career Development on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction. Journal Media Sosial dan Creative Industries. 2026;1(2).

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