“…This can be different if one variable, for example, job satisfaction, is used as an intervening variable (Ramli, 2018;Setyorini et al, 2018;Murtiningsing, 2019;Prayekti & Pangestu, 2022). Besides job satisfaction, other variables that can be used as intervening variables to have a more optimal effect or impact are work ethic (Prasada et al, 2020), work motivation (Kirana & Pradipta, 2021), and organizational commitment (Sabtohadi, 2020). For example, on work motivation, the Kirana & Pradipta study (2021) shows that compensation, leadership, and work motivation all have a beneficial impact on employee performance, and their influence becomes significant when all three are carried out together.…”