Position Promotion and Employee Performance in The Regional Secretariat of Makassar City

The research aims to find out how the influence of job promotions on employee performance in the Makassar City Regional Secretariat by using quantitative methods. Determination of the sample in the study using the slovin formula as many as 73 employees with a simple random sampling technique. Data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires and documentation. The data analysis technique used is simple linear regression and t test. The results showed that: (1) The level of promotion in the Makassar City Regional Secretariat was in the good category following the operational standard procedures in accordance with Law No. 5 of 2014 and its derivative rules, (2) the level of performance of employees in the Makassar City Regional Secretariat is in the very high category, and (3) the t-test shows that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, which means that promotion is a positive and significant effect on employee performance in the Makassar City Regional Secretariat shown by the equation Ý = 11.614 + 0.711X. Basically employees have the desire to experience promotions will tend to have good performance, if achieved or not the performance targets are used as a basis for assessment in the promotion of positions in addition to loyalty, education level and work experience. Leaders must pay more attention to the promotion of positions to employees who are able to maintain high performance, the promotion of the right position as needed will have a positive influence on improving employee performance. Keywords: Job promotion; employee; performanc