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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND
RESEARCH
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Yulianda, Ivon Jalil
Faculty of Economics, Teuku Umar University,
Aceh, Indonesia
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Abstract
The Samatiga District Head Office is a
government institution that provides services to the community. This study aims
to determine the influence of the sub-district leadership on employee
performance. Samatiga as many as 20 employees. The
data processing of this research was carried out by interviewing and filling
out questionnaires. The research method used in this study was qualitative
research. Qualitative research is research which is a description of the
research results obtained. The results showed that all research respondents
gave the same statement that the Subdistrict Head leadership can affect
employee performance. The conclusion that can be drawn in this study is that
leadership is an attitude of influence where this attitude can improve the
quality of work of its employees to work optimally.
Keywords: leadership; subdistrict head; performance
Received 24
October 2021, Revised 5 November 2021, Accepted 10 November 2021
INTRODUCTION
In running the wheels of government, the role of
a leader is definitely needed to influence the behavior of others so that they
will be directed to achieve the goals that have been set. Leadership is the
attitude of a leader in an institution or organization (Adiwilaga, 2018).
Leadership must be able to influence and know the weaknesses and strengths of
its employees in carrying out the work given. A leader must understand how to
carry out work and create work ideas so that every work done will be successful
and achieve work targets for his work area, if this can be done then the
leadership of a leader can be said to be successful. Leadership is the person
in charge of every work carried out by his subordinates (Fatokun, Salaam, Ajegbomogun, &
Adedipe, 2010).
Leadership is an attitude that must be possessed
by a leader who has a position in the government area he leads, therefore
leadership must have a fair and transparent attitude to his employees and have
a sense of responsibility for the progress of his government area because
success and failure in a work program in the organization can caused by
leadership, (Istianto,
2009). Leadership can be based on attitudes and behavior and the way the work
is carried out by a leader. Good leadership will easily bring employees to
work. The function of leadership in an organization is to unite its employees
so that they can always work effectively and efficiently in accordance with the
abilities and education they have taken.
Samatiga sub-district is one of the sub-districts in West Aceh district which is
ordered by a sub-district head as the head of the sub-district. Its activities
and government functions are supported by competent employees who work to
provide services for people who need services in the sub-district. However,
from the results of monitoring carried out, the leadership in the sub-district
has not been fully implemented optimally because the work programs have not
been fully felt by the local community, therefore leaders and employees should
work together to design work programs so that they are right on target
according to with what is expected so that employee performance can benefit the
community. One of the factors that can affect the performance of employees in
the organization is leadership or leaders (Thoha,
2004).
In supporting good performance, leaders need to
evaluate work programs that have been carried out, it is necessary to change
the position of employees according to their scientific expertise. The
sub-district leadership in Samatiga District must be
able to encourage and influence their employees at work, a leader usually has
more intellectual and knowledge than his own employees. With the nature of the
initiative consistent with his attitude in acting and speaking and the firm
attitude contained in a leader becomes a separate assessment for employees,
this is where the strength of each employee arises to do a good job, so that
the character of a leader can be imitated and affect performance his employees.
METHOD
This research was conducted at the Samatiga Sub-district Head Office located in Gampong Suak Timah,
West Aceh Regency, the research location was taken intentionally (Purporsive Sampling). The selection of the research
location was based on the consideration that the research location was easily
accessible by the researcher.
The data collection method used in this study is
qualitative research (Anggito & Setiawan, 2018). Qualitative research is very appropriate to be
used to examine complex social problems that can be used for a broad and deep
understanding related to reality and facts. In this study, the author uses a
qualitative approach, namely the data collected in the form of words, pictures,
and not numbers, this is due to the application of qualitative methods (Creswell & Creswell, 2017).
With this research method, it is hoped that you can see and get information
about the analysis of the influence of the sub-district leadership on employee
performance.
According to (Sugiyono, 2017) to facilitate researchers
in conducting research, the data source used is primary data, which is data
given directly to researchers or data collection obtained from the field. That
the data was obtained from the field by interviewing research samples and then
processed into data that was used in accordance with the objectives of the
study. Secondary data is indirect data, namely data sources that are provided
indirectly to data collectors, for example through documents or through other
people. That this data is obtained from libraries, readings such as notes,
reports, important documents, which are obtained from studies that have been
studied previously.
RESULTS
AND DISCUSSION
Leadership is the attitude of a leader that can
affect his employees in an organization (Farahnak, Ehrhart, Torres, & Aarons, 2020). A
leader is responsible for carrying out work and designing work plans to be
carried out by his employees, if the work design is successfully carried out by
his employees then leadership can be said to be
successful. From the results of the research that has been done, it is known
that the camat leadership which includes Innovators,
Communicators, Motivators, and Controls has a great influence on employee
performance. The camat leadership can affect employee
performance with a firm leader full of enthusiasm and wisdom can be an employee
innovator, communicator, motivator and controller for employees, the higher the
attitude possessed by the leadership, the easier it will be to influence
employees at work (Ibrahim, Pora, & Pora, 2020).
Employee performance depends on how the leadership behaves towards the agency
and its employees, therefore leadership attitudes such as being an innovator,
communicator, motivator and control must be improved. The camat
leadership is the key to success in the agency. The better the leadership, the
better the employee performance, this greatly affects the quality of the
agency and optimal job creation.
1. Innovator
An innovator is
someone who is able to provide ideas and ideas for a program of work to be
carried out and find a way out if there are problems in the work being done.
Table 1
Research results related to innovators
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Indicator
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Number of Samples
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Respondents' Answer Results
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SD and D
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N
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A and SA
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Innovator
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20 employees
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0
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1
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19
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The
results of the research on the Innovator indicator show that the sub-district
leadership in Samatiga is very good at being an
innovator for its employees. Respondents strongly agree that a leader must have
an innovator attitude because the innovator attitude in the leader can affect
employee performance. An innovator is an attitude that can provide ideas,
ideas, methods or aspirations before carrying out activities, so before
carrying out performance it is necessary to innovate so that the performance carried
out can be completed optimally. So with the camat leadership innovator in Samatiga
District, it can be said that it is successful and has an effect on employee
performance.
2. Communicator
A
communicator is someone who acts as a messenger or conveys important
information that can provide input to employees in carrying out their
performance.
Table
2
Research
results related to communicators
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Indicator
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Number of Samples
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Respondents' Answer Results
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SD and
D
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N
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A and
SA
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Communicator
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20 employees
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1
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0
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19
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The
results of the research on the communicator indicator show that the respondents
strongly agree if a leader has the attitude of a communicator. A good
communicator in a leader is an attitude that is able to influence employees at
work. So with the camat
leadership communicator in Samatiga District it can
be said to be successful and affect employee performance.
3. Motivator
Motivator is an
attitude that gives enthusiasm to build work motivations for employees. The
motivator can be in the form of seminars or job training that is applied to the
work location to build employee morale.
Table 3
Research results related to Motivator
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Indicator
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Number of Samples
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Respondents' Answer Results
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SD and
D
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N
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A and
SA
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Motivator
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20 employee
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3
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5
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12
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The results of research on motivator indicators show
that respondents strongly agree if a leader has a motivator attitude. A
motivator is an attitude that leaders need to show to inspire their employees
to have a positive impact on their performance. In this study, the sub-district
leadership in being a motivator is still not optimal even though it can affect
employee performance, this is indicated by the respondents' answers. Motivator
is an attitude that can motivate employees to work, so with the motivator of
the camat leadership in Samatiga
District it can be said to be successful and have an effect on employee
performance.
4. Control
Control
is supervision carried out by a leader on employee performance, placing work
positions in accordance with the expertise possessed and being able to use
human resources properly.
Table 4
Research results related to Control
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Indicator
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Number of Samples
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Respondents' Answer Results
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SD and
D
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N
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A and
SA
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Control
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20 employee
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0
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3
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17
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The results of the research on control indicators
show that the leadership of the sub-district head in Samatiga
District on the supervision or control carried out by the leader of his
employees can affect performance. Control is an attitude that leaders need to
have to monitor the performance of their employees in order to have a positive
impact on their performance. In this study, the sub-district leadership in
supervising and controlling employee performance is very good and can affect
employee performance, this is indicated by the respondents' answers. So with control, the leadership of the sub-district head in Samatiga District can be said to be successful and has an
effect on employee performance.
5. Employee
Performance
Employee performance
is one of the activities carried out in an organization or group (Asfaw, Argaw, & Bayissa, 2015).
Performance can be said to be successful if the work done can be completed on
time and on target, therefore employee performance can affect leadership, if
the leadership of a leader is fair and transparent, the performance of
employees in the agency will increase. In this study, it was found that the
performance of employees at the Samatiga District
Head Office was optimal, supported by leadership attitudes that were able to
influence employees in improving performance. Samatiga
sub-district is led by a sub-district head who has leadership attitudes that
include innovators, communicators, motivators and controls, with this attitude
employees can improve employee performance and provide optimal performance for the
local community.
CONCLUSION
In accordance with the results
of the research conducted, it can be concluded that leadership is an
influencing attitude, namely a leader must be able to influence his employees
to always be loyal and responsible for their performance, therefore a leader must
have attitudes that should be imitated and imitated by his employees, such as
leadership must be able to be an innovator, communicator, motivator and control
because these attitudes can affect employee performance. The results of
research on innovator indicators, namely, innovator leadership is able to
influence employee performance, it is known from the results of research that
answer the choices agree and strongly agree as many as 19 people. The results
of research on communicator indicators, namely, communicator leadership can
affect employee performance, it is known from the results of the study that
there are more choices of answers agree and strongly agree as many as 19
people. The results of research on motivator indicators, namely, leadership that
is a motivator can affect employee performance, it is known from the results of
the study that there are more agree and strongly agree answers as many as 12
people. The results of research on control indicators, namely, leadership that
controls can affect employee performance, it is known from the results of the
study that more answers agree and strongly agree as many as 17 people.
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