The Influence of Digital Leadership and Information Technology Competence on Employee Performance: The Mediating Role of Motivation
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https://doi.org/10.59890/ijmbi.v4i3.16Keywords:
Digital Leadership, Mastery of Information Technology, Work Motivation, PerformanceAbstract
Digital transformation in judicial institutions is an important part of bureaucratic reform to realize a modern, transparent, and accountable judicial system. This study aims to examine the effect of digital leadership and mastery of information technology on employee performance with work motivation as a mediating variable in Class II District Courts. This study uses a quantitative approach with a causal research type. The population of this study was 388 employees from 10 Class II District Courts in West Sumatra, with a sample of 200 respondents selected using probability sampling techniques with the proportionate stratified random sampling method. Data collection was carried out using a Google Form-based questionnaire and analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method based on Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of the study indicate that digital leadership has a positive and significant effect on work motivation, then, mastery of information technology has a positive and significant effect on work motivation. The results of the study also show that digital leadership does not have a significant effect on performance, but Mastery of Information Technology has an influence on Performance, while work motivation has a positive and significant effect on performance, furthermore work motivation is able to significantly mediate the relationship between mastery of information technology and performance, and work motivation is able to significantly mediate the relationship between digital leadership and performance.
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