The Influence of Transformational Leadership on the Performance of Employees with Motivation and Job Satisfaction as Intervening (A Study on the Office of the Department of Irrigation works in the District of Sidoarjo, Indonesia)

The aim of this research is to examine the transformational leadership in order to improve employee performance through work motivation and employee satisfaction in order to deliver maximum performance. The study used samples of 161 respondents while sampling techniques using Stratified random sampling or the strata sample were disproportionate with the sampling-based on a number of observable variable indicators. While the analysis uses SEM done through testing instruments with the measurement of the analysis of the Confirmatory factor (CFA). The results of this study show that transformational leadership towards motivation has a positive and significant influence on motivation. Transformational leadership has a positive and significant influence on job satisfaction. Motivation has a negative and insignificant influence on job satisfaction. Motivation has a positive and significant influence on employee performance. Job satisfaction has a positive and significant influence on employee performance. Transformational leadership has a positive and insignificant influence on employee performance. Transformational leadership towards employee satisfaction through motivation has a negative and insignificant influence. Transformational leadership towards employee performance through motivation has a positive and significant influence. Transformational leadership towards employee performance through job satisfaction has a positive and significant influence. The results of this research are recommended that the Tranformational leadership has an important role in improving employee performance because a positive influence is able to change the behavior of employees in completing the work even if the employee's work has negative and insignificant influences. Of course, this relies on mastery and trust in the leadership in giving ideas and inspiring to employees in order to do self-reliance without having to wait for instruction from the organization leadership. Keywords: transformational leadership, motivation, job satisfaction, employee performance DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-14-02 Publication date:May 31st 202