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Year: 2022 | Month: August | Volume: 9 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 522-542

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220843

The Effect of Recruitment, Training, and Competence on Employee Performance with Professionalism as a Mediation Variable at the Langkat Regency Inspectorate

Rehabim J Sitepu1, Yeni Absah1, Hamdani Harahap1

1Master of Management Science Study Program Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Sumatera Utara

Corresponding Author: Rehabim J Sitepu

ABSTRACT

The performance of an employee or the work achieved by an employee in carrying out tasks according to the responsibilities assigned to him greatly influences the success of an organization. For this reason, every organization or government agency will try to improve employee performance in the hope that organizational goals can be achieved. Several factors must be considered to optimize employee performance, including improving the recruitment process, training, and skills that improve the performance of direct or intermediate employees through professionalism. This study aims to identify and analyze the direct effect of recruitment, training, and competence on employee performance and the indirect effect, especially through employee professionalism. The data type used is quantitative, such as primary and secondary data. The population of this study is the staff of the Langkat Regional Inspector, as many as 52 people. The sample used is saturated so that all samples are taken. The data analysis method used is structural equation modeling with the SmartPLS program. The results showed that recruitment, training, and capacity building positively and significantly affected employee professionalism. Education and skills have a positive and significant effect on employee performance, while recruitment has no significant effect on performance. Professionalism has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Employee professionalism influences recruitment, training, and competence in shaping employee performance. The coefficient determining the effect of recruitment, training, and capacity on professionalism (R2) is 76.6%. The coefficient (R2) that shows how recruitment, training, and capacity affect employee performance through professionalism is 82.3%, and 17.7% is affected by other factors.

Keywords: Recruitment, Training, Competence, Professionalism, Employee Performance.

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