Judul: Peran Kepuasan Kerja dan Kepemimpinan terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Negeri Sipil (PNS) di Dinas Komunikasi, Informatika dan Kehumasan DKI Jakarta
Abstrak: In this era, Government, both central and local, is expected to be accountable, competitive, transparent, hospitable, and performance improvement oriented. Therefore, the factor of human resources (HR), civil servants (PNS), is the key to success. PNS job satisfaction is one of very important factor to obtain an optimal performance. When a person feels satisfy in his work, then the work will be done with a responsible spirit. But in fact, in Indonesian, civil servant job satisfaction has not reached to the maximum level. Besides job satisfaction, other factors that affect the performance is the role of leadership. At a government organization, success or failure in the performance of duties and governance, influenced by leadership and supported by adequate governmental organization capacity. To implement regional autonomy, Jakarta Provincial Government through the Department of Communication, Informatics and Public Relations of Jakarta specifically addressing one of the aspects of human resource management (HRM) in order to improve performance. So, it is necessary to determine the role of job satisfaction and leadership in improving the performance. Based on these problems, the aims of this study are: (1) to analyze the effect of job satisfaction and leadership role on the performance of civil servants (PNS) in the Department of Communication, Informatics and Public Relations of Jakarta, (2) to analyze the indicators that reflect the dominant job satisfaction, leadership role and performance of civil servants (PNS) in the Department of Communication, Informatics and Public Relations of Jakarta. Research takes the Department of Communication, Informatics and Public Relations, City Hall as the sample. The method used is purposive sampling method. The number of samples in this study is 70 civil servants. Data analysis uses SEM (Structural Equation Model) with the approach of PLS (Partial Least Square). Based on the analysis conducted on the two models of research, it is known that the role of leadership has a positive effect on employee performance directly. Then, the role of leadership also has a positive effect on job satisfaction. Thus, it can be interpreted that there is no direct influence between a leadership role on employee performance through job satisfaction.
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Judul: Hubungan Gaya Kepemimpinan Dengan Kinerja Pegawai Pemerintah (Kasus Suku Dinas Peternakan, Perikanan, dan Kelautan Kota Administrasi Jakarta Utara)
Abstrak: The purpose of this research was to study about the relationship between leadership and the performance of government employees in some offices of livestock, fishery, and marine resources in North Jakarta. This study used a quantitative approach by using a census method and was supported by qualitative data. An individual respondent was a civil servant who had been working there. It focused on three points of analysis. They were a leadership type owned or used by a leader, the employees performance, and the relation among them. Based on the result of study, a dominant leadership type used was participatory. Furthermore, a leader also used consultive and delegative leadership type. They used several leadership types in various conditions and in accordance with the character of employees. It indicated that most employees had a good performance. There was a close relation between factor of leadership type anad employees performance. At last, it could be concluded that a leadership type used by a leader would improve the employees performance.
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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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