Judul: Analisis Penerapan Quality of Work Life (QWL) Terhaadap Kepuasan Kerja dan Komitmen Karyawan.
Abstrak: Increased productivity needs being in line with the increase in employee performance. To be able to improve employee performance, companies must create working conditions that offer incentives for employees to satisfy them with the system running in the company. The purpose application of Quality of Work Life (QWL) in an enterprise is to improve employee satisfaction on the job. Employee job satisfaction is one important aspect to consider in efforts to improve the human resources quality of an enterprise. Employees who have high job satisfaction, will generally have a high commitment to the company. High employee commitment will give beneficial contribution to the company to increase productivity of both employees and companies. This study aims to analyze the effects of application of QWL on job satisfaction and employee commitment, to analyze the influence of job satisfaction on employee commitment and analyze the differences in levels of job satisfaction and commitment of employees by gender. The study is conducted by giving questionnaire to 120 employees SBU (Strategic Business Unit) 1 PT. PGN, which is present in three areas, namely Hosbun, Bogor and Banten. Hypothesis testing method using the model Structural Equation Model (SEM) with PLS. QWL measurement consists of 9 (nine) factors: adequate compensation, conflict resolution, communication, occupational health, job security, workplace safety, employee participation, career development, and pride (Cascio, 2006). Measurement of job satisfaction by using the method of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). Factors that shape employee satisfaction in this study was restricted to 5 (five) factors, namely the employee, promotion, salary, supervision and co-workers (Luthans, 2006). The three components of employee commitment model and measurements was adopted from Meyer and Allen (1997) in Suhendi (2010) ie affective, continuance and normative commitment. The results of the analysis indicate that the application of QWL hypothesis has no effect on job satisfaction of employees. Application of QWL and job satisfaction significantly influence employee commitment. The better implementation of QWL and the higher levels of job satisfaction will increase employee commitment to the company. The research shows that there is no difference between job satisfaction and commitment of employees by gender.
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Judul: Pengembangan Quality of Work Life (QWL) dan Perkiraan Dampaknya pada Kinerja Karyawan PPBBI
Abstrak: Kinerja karyawan merupakan salah satu ukuran keberhasilan perusahaan, kinerja karyawan tergantung pada pemenuhan kebutuhannya baik dari segi kualitas maupun kuantitas. Teori Quality of Work Life (QWL) dapat membantu perusahaan dalam memahami kebutuhan karyawan. PPBBI sebagai salah satu perusahaan berbasis riset bioteknologi menilai bahwa pengembangan QWL sangat penting untuk dilakukan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengidentifikasi pengembangan QWL, menganalisis faktor QWL yang perlu mendapat prioritas pengembangan dan memperkirakan dampaknya terhadap kinerja karyawan. Data primer diperoleh melalui wawancara dan kuesioner, sedangkan data sekunder diperoleh dari literatur dan dokumen perusahaan. Responden pada penelitian ini berjumlah 42 orang melalui Quota Random Sampling. Analisa data dilakukan secara deskriptif, Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) dan tabulasi silang. Hasil penelitian secara umum faktor QWL perlu dikembangkan dan berdasarkan tabulasi silang, beberapa faktor QWL dapat dikembangkan secara spesifik dengan profil karyawan. Pengembangan faktor-faktor QWL diperkirakan dapat memberikan dampak positif pada kinerja karyawan PPBBI.
Keyword: employee’s performance, importance performance analysis, quality of work life, quota random sampling

Judul: Embriogenesis ikan buta (Astyanax fasciatus)
Abstrak: Ikan buta Astyanax fasciatus adalah spesies ikan unik dari famili Characidae yang menempati perairan dalam gua di Wilayah La Cueva Chica-San Luis Potasi-Mexico. Ikan ini memiliki mata yang tereduksi (Blind Cavefish) dan warna kulit merah muda, pucat serta mengkilap.
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