Effect of Compensation on the Performance of Private Higher Education Lecturers with Motivation as an Intervening Variable

Abstract

This study is a conceptual paper that aims to determine the effect of compensation and motivation on the performance of college lecturers private sector in Bandar Lampung. The performance of lecturers is very decisive and becomes one of the benchmarks in the success of a tertiary institution, which is the task of lecturers contained in the Tri Dharma of Higher Education namely carrying out educational and teaching activities, research activities and community service. Many factors can affect lecturer performance; internal factors such as competence, knowledge possessed by lecturers, work motivation, attitude of accountability, and others. There are also external factors, namely the work environment, leadership style, training, or compensation received. Motivation is very important because with the motivation of the employees to work hard and enthusiastically, the employee's performance will be maximal and the company's goals will be achieved. Providing compensation is expected to motivate employees, and not only giving compensation can increase company performance but motivation can also have a positive impact on employee performance.

Compensation, Motivation, Performance and Work Spirituality of Lecturers: A Strategy Model for Developing Higher Education Resources in Indonesia

“…kinerja dosen, yaitu kinerja di bidang pendidikan dan pengajaran, tugas menyelenggarakan penelitian dan tugas menyelenggarakan pengabdian masyarakat. (Putri et al, 2019). Kinerja kerja dosen juga dapat meliputi upaya dosen, baik tindakan maupun perilaku yang berada di luar deskripsi pekerjaan mereka, namun dapat meningkatkan efektivitas organisasi.…”

“…tujuan. (Putri et al, 2019). Terkait kompensasi (Tai et al, 2021)Saat ini, dosen belum puas dengan penghasilan dan kompensasinya.…”

“…https://jurnal.umt.ac.id/index.php/dmj/index 202 finansial langsung" merupakan kompensasi yang mempengaruhi motivasi dosen. Pada Menurut teori dua faktor atau teori Herzberg yang dapat motivasi disebabkan oleh dua faktor, yaitu (1) unsur intrinsik; pekerjaan itu sendiri, peluang kemajuan, pengakuan atau penghargaan, keberhasilan, tanggung jawab (2) unsur ekstrinsik; gaji, supervisor, kebijakan dan administrasi, hubungan kerja, kondisi kerja(Putri et al, 2019). Motivasi , menurut(Rheny et al, 2021) mempunyai akar kata "motif" yang mempunyai arti dorongan atau niat kepada seseorang.…”