THE EMPLOYEES MOTIVATION WITHIN AN EVENT ORGANIZING COMPANY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC : STUDY OF EVENTX

The entire economy in Indonesia experienced turmoil and decline due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Likewise, the event organizer industry also experienced a decline. All event organizer companies are having a hard time. Employee motivation at work is affected by internal and external factors, caused by dispositional factor or internal, such as personality trait, effort, mood, judgment, ability, motive, belief and situational factor or external, such as world’s phenomenon, other’s people attitude, time of day, task difficulty, and luck. This study analyzes employee motivation affected by dispositional and situational factors and influences employee performance while working in Event Organizer during Covid-19 Pandemic. This study uses a qualitative approach with attribution theory and phenomenological method. Researcher conducts semi-structured interviews with three employees of the EventX company. The result of this study is the understanding of the factors that significantly influence the employee motivation of EventX through two approaches, dispositional and situational. The researcher found that there are changes in motivation and affect performance during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study will become a reference to increase motivation levels, especially for event industry amid the Covid-19 situation and enhance employee performance.Seluruh perekonomian di Indonesia mengalami gejolak dan penurunan akibat penyebaran virus Covid-19. Demikian pula industri event organizer juga mengalami penurunan. Semua perusahaan penyelenggara acara mengalami kesulitan. Motivasi karyawan dalam bekerja akan terpengaruh, disebabkan oleh sisi dispositional faktor atau internal yang meliputi kepribadian, usaha, mood, pertimbangan, kemampuan, motif, keyakinan maupun situasional faktor atau external yang meliputi fenomena dunia, perilaku orang lain, waktu, kesulitan tugas, dan keberuntungan. Penelitian ini akan menganalisis motivasi karyawan selama bekerja di event organizer dan efeknya terhadap performa karyawan selama masa Pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan teori atribusi dan metode fenomenologis. Peneliti melakukan wawancara semi terstruktur dengan tiga karyawan perusahaan EventX. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah pemahaman tentang faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap motivasi kerja karyawan EventX melalui dua pendekatan yaitu disposisional dan situasional. Peneliti menemukan adanya perubahan motivasi yang mempengaruhi kinerja karyawan selama masa pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini akan menjadi acuan untuk meningkatkan tingkat motivasi para karyawan, khususnya Industri Event di tengah situasi Covid-19 dan dapat meningkatkan kinerja karyawan