PENGARUH MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAIDI KANTOR DINAS PENDIDIKAN, KEBUDAYAAN, PEMUDA DAN OLAHRAGA KABUPATEN MAMUJU UTARA

This study aimed to identify and analyze the simultaneous and partial influence of work motivation (the factors of motivator and hygiene) on employee performance at North Mamuju Department of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports. The theory used to measure work motivation at North Mamuju Department of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports was the motivation theory proposed by Hezberg dividing motivation into two factors, the factors of motivator and hygiene. While the theory used to measure employee performance at North Mamuju Department of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports was the performance theory proposed by Bernardin and Russell (1993: 383) stating that the aspects of performance measurement that could be used as factors in performance were: (1) Quality; (2) Quantity; (3) Timeliness; (4) Cost Effectiveness; (5) Supervision Requirement; and (6) Interpersonal Influence. The population in this study was the staff of North Mamuju Department of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports amounting to 96 people, but in the sampling process the Department Head was excluded and 2 employees were performing learning tasks, and the author himself. So, the total sample observed as data sources amounted to 92 people.This research was a survey with data analysis technique was multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that the work motivation factors (the factors of motivator and hygiene) simultaneously had significant influence on employee performance at North Mamuju Department of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports, with Fcount value = 93.727 at real level ά = 0.05 or Sig-F = 0,000 <α 0.05. The motivator factor (X1.1) had significant influence on employee performance at North Mamuju Department of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports with tcount = 2.964 at real level ά = 0.05 or Sig-t = 0.004 <α 0.05; and the hygiene factor (X1.2) had significant influence on employee performance at North Mamuju Department of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports with tcount = 2,617 at real level ά = 0.05 or Sig-t = 0,010