INFLUENCE OF WORK MOTIVATION, EMPOWERMENT AND COMMITMENT TO WORK ETHIC OF STMIK KHARISMA MAKASSAR

Abstract

The aims of this study were 1) Examine and analyze the influence of motivation on work ethic of STMIK KHARISMA Makassar employee; 2) Examine and analyze the influence of psychological empowerment on work ethic STMIK KHARISMA Makassar employee; 3) Examine and analyze the influence of affective commitment to the work ethic of STMIK KHARISMA Makassar employees; 4) to analyze the variables that influence a dominant influence on the work ethic of STMIK KHARISMA Makassar employees.

The approach in this study was associative approach, which was a question researchers were connecting two or more variables. The population in this study was all employees of STMIK KHARISMA Makassar with number of total was 35 people. Total sampling was a sampling technique used in this study. Variables in this study was  dependent variable (Y) was  work ethic of lectures and the independent variable (X), namely work motivation (X1), empowerment (X2), and commitment (X3). Data was collected via questionnaire, using a Likert scale. Data was analyzed by using multiple regressions linear with F test and t test to test the hypothesis. This study revealed that there was significant influence work motivation on employee work ethic at STMIK KHARISMA Makassar. Psychological empowerment significantly effect on employee work ethic. This suggests that the increase in psychological empowerment bring influence to increase work ethic of STMIK KHARISMA Makassar employee. The study also revealed that the higher affective commitment will lead to the rise in work ethic of STMIK of KHARISMA Makassar employee. Affective commitment as an individual feeling bound by his or her organization has a dominant influence on work ethic STMIK KHARISMA Makassar employee.