MEMBANGUN MODEL KINERJA DOSEN MELALUI KOMITMEN PERUBAHAN RADIKAL (Studi empirik pada Perguruan Tinggi Swasta di Jawa Tengah)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to build the model of theoretical basis and the model of the empirical study on a lecturer’s performance through radical changes commitment. To reach the goal, the researcher conducted the study by proving and analyzing the effects of salary satisfaction, job satisfaction, and career development satisfaction through radical changes commitment. The improvement of the radical changes commitment would bring good effects for explorative learning, professional competence, service innovation, and lecturer performance. The population of this study was lecturers of Private Higher Education in Central Java, Indonesia. There were 1071 lecturers who was taken as a sample of 226 to be respondents. The analysis technique used for this study was Structural Equation Model (SEM) using the Amos version 21 Software. The result of this study showed that all of the model fit with the data, and the model of lecturer performance with radical change commitment as intervening variable; In fact, there was a positive and significant effect of salary, work, and career development satisfaction variables on the lecturer performance. It also revealed that radical changes commitment, explorative learning, professional competence and service innovation positively and significantly influenced on the lecturer performance. Furthermore, the fifth hypothesis, which stated that career development satisfaction would positively influence radical changes commitment was rejected, and the tenth hypothesis which stated that explorative learning would positively influence service innovation was also not supported. The new finding of research was to improve the lectures performance at Private Higher Education in Central Java Province it was needed several aspects to reach it, such as : high professional competence, explorative learning, radical change commitment, and work satisfaction and salary satisfaction.