Analysis of the Influence of Leadership as a Moderation between Organizational Culture and Employee Performance at Contracting Companies in Medan

One of the factors affecting employee performance is leadership style. Leadership is one of the easiest to observe phenomena, but the most difficult to understand. As an important factor that moves, directs, and coordinates various other factors in the organization, leadership has been defined by individual traits. This study aims to analyze the influence of leadership as a moderation between organizational culture and employee performance. The type of research used is descriptive quantitative, and explanatory research. This research was conducted at CV Medan Mas Kontraktor, in March 2022. The total population in this study was 99 people, with sampling techniques using a total sample. Data collection techniques use questionnaires and in-person interviews. The research instrument carried out validity and reliability tests. The data analysis was used using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis, namely multiple regression tests, determinant coefficients, F tests, and T-tests. Leadership variable research results partially had a positive and significant effect on employee performance at CV Medan Mas Kontraktor with a calculated value of > t-tabel (4.122 > 1.98) with a significant value of 0.001 t-tabel (5.4.12 > 1.98) with a significant value of 0.014 < 0.05. In conclusion, leadership and organizational culture simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on employee performance on CV Medan Mas Kontraktor with the value of the Coefficient of Determination (R2) is 78%, the remaining 22% is explained by independent variables that are not studied, supervision, workload, and others