Beyond The Desk: A Quantitative Analysis Of Social And Self-Actualization Influences On Employee Performance, Mediated By Leadership Styles In Luwu District's Social Services

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the impact of social and self-actualization needs on employee performance through leadership style as an intervening variable at the Luwu Regency Social Office. The population comprises all civil servants and non-civil servants in the Luwu Regency Social Service, totaling 88 employees. Employing saturated sampling, all 88 employees are included as samples. This quantitative research incorporates a product-moment correlation validity test (95% confidence level) to assess the reliability of the questionnaire instrument, concluding that it is reliable if the alpha value is > 0.6. Smart PLS, a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis tool, is utilized for data processing. The findings indicate that social and self-actualization needs positively influence leadership style, and leadership style, in turn, positively affects employee performance.