Judul: The Impact of Financial Compensation, Leadership Style, and Motivation on Employee Performance Contribution in Karawang (Case Study Pt. Utac Manufacturing Services Indonesia)
Abstrak: Perkembangan dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi membuat jumlah lowongan kerja yang terbuka bertambah banyak, dimana seseorang dapat mencari kerja lebih mudah, karena itu dapat membuat orang yang mempunyai kemampuan dan pengalaman yang baik dapat berpindah-pindah tempat kerja untuk mendapatkan peluang meningkatkan gaji dan upah yang diterima. Tujuan penelitian ini menganalisis pengaruh kompensasi finansial, gaya kepemimpinan, dan motivasi terhadap kontribusi kinerja di PT. UTAC Manufacturing. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) kompensasi finansial berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap motivasi pegawai, (2) gaya kepemimpinan berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap motivasi pegawai, (3) kompensasi finansial dan gaya kepemimpinan bersama-sama mempunyai pengaruh signifika terhadap motivasi pegawai, dan (4) motivasi berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap kontribusi kinerja pegawai., Developments in economic growth makes the number of open job vacancies increase where a person can find work more easily, because it can make people who have good skills and experience able to move from their place of work to another where they might get opportunities to increase their salary and wages they receive. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of financial compensation, leadership style, and motivation on performance contribution at PT. UTAC Manufacturing. The analytical method used is Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). The results showed that (1) financial compensation has a significant effect on employee motivation, (2) leadership style has a significant effect on employee motivation, (3) financial compensation and leadership style together have a significant effect on employee motivation, and (4) motivation has a significant effect on the contribution of employee performance.
Keyword: contribution, financial compensation, leadership style, motivation, performance

Judul: Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan Terhadap Kinerja dengan Dimediasi oleh Kepuasan Kerja dan Dimoderasi oleh Motivasi Kerja (Karyawan PT. XYZ).
Abstrak: Fenomena penurunan penjualan mobil Toyota di Indonesia cukup menjadi perhatian bagi pihak Toyota. Berbagai strategi perlu dilakukan Toyota agar kinerja perusahaan tetap baik meski pasar mobil sedang mengalami penurunan. Salah satu strategi yang dapat dilakukan Toyota agar dapat tetap bertahan di saat jumlah penjualan mobil menurun adalah dengan melakukan efisiensi bagian logistic. Perusahaan perlu mengevaluasi kembali kinerja karyawan karena industri otomotif semakin kompetitif. Kinerja karyawan di PT XYZ Otomotif menunjukkan tiga faktor dominan yang mempengaruhi kinerja organisasi: motivasi (31,33 persen), kepuasan kerja (19,33 persen) dan faktor kepemimpinan (20,67 persen). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi pengaruh gaya kepemimpinan terhadap kinerja pegawai yang dimediasi oleh kepuasan kerja dan dimoderatori oleh motivasi kerja. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kuantitatif dengan menggunakan sampel sebanyak 77 responden dari karyawan PT XYZ. Data penelitian diperoleh dari kuisioner yang telah diisi dan dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis SEM PLS dengan bantuan program SmartPLS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) gaya kepemimpinan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan kerja karyawan; (2) gaya kepemimpinan tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja pegawai; (3) kepuasan kerja berpengaruh terhadap kinerja. Kepuasan kerja yang lebih tinggi mengarah pada kinerja yang lebih tinggi, sedangkan kepuasan kerja yang rendah mengarah pada kinerja yang lebih rendah. (4) kepuasan kerja dapat memediasi pengaruh gaya kepemimpinan terhadap kepuasan kerja; (5) motivasi kerja berpengaruh terhadap kinerja, dan (6) motivasi kerja dapat memoderasi pengaruh gaya kepemimpinan terhadap kinerja.
Keyword: Leadership Style, Job Satisfaction, Work Motivation, Performance

Judul: DNA Extraction and Characterization of Salmonella‟s Lytic Bacteriophage Genome
Abstrak: Bacteriophages are ubiquitous in nature and are known to proliferate wherever their bacterial hosts exist. Their virion particles can exist independently outside the host, however all phages are need their host to propagate. Several phages are highly specific to host cell surface receptors and any slight changes in structure results in little or no interaction between the phage and its host. Salmonella‟s phage isolated from sewage water where their bacteria exist. Three isolated of phages (phages 15, 19 and 38) were used in this research that concentrated using three types of methods. PEG/ NaCl method was firstly used to concentrate the phages based on their molecular weight to precipitate the phage particles during centrifugation. The second method was Scraping Plaque method. In this method, overlay plaques were scraped and collected in SM buffer to get phage concentrates. Enrichment method was the last method used to concentrate the phages. Phage genome isolation was done using two methods i.e. EDTA/SDS and Proteinase K methods. The first method was done using DNase I to eliminate bacterial DNA followed by SDS/EDTA treatment to release phages DNA and phenol-chloroform-isoamyl alcohol to extract the DNA. DNA was collected by isopropanol extraction. While in Proteinase K method, bacterial DNA was eliminated by DNase I and Proteinase K/SDS was used to degrade phages capsids and ethanol for DNA precipitation. The result showed that PEG/NaCl method resulted the highest phage concentration for phage 15 and phage 19, while scrapping method was the highest for phage 38. The quantity and purity of extracted DNA were low for PEG/NaCl and Scraping methods, while Enrichment method was higher indicated higher purity. Run on agarose gel electrophoresis of extracted DNA confirmed that Enrichment method results were the best while scraping and PEG/NaCl method was appeared smear background. Based on DNA genome size determination, the bacteriphages of Salmonella sp were comparable with other study of Salmonella phages. Phage P15 with genome size of 39,5 kb was close to phage epsilon15. Phage P19 with genome size of 41 kb was close to phage ST160. And phage P38 with genome size of 48,5 kb was close to phage Gifsy-1.
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