The Influence of Commitment, Job Competency and Career Development towards Job Satisfaction and Its Implications on the Performance of the Maritime Colleges’ Permanent Lecturers in Jakarta

Abstract

This research background was the desire to improve the performance of the maritime colleges’ permanent lecturers in Jakarta. the purpose of this study was to determine: the influence of commitment, job competence, career development independently (partially) or jointly (simultaneously) towards job satisfaction of permanent lecturers and, to determine the influence of commitment, job competence, career development and job satisfaction independently (partially) or jointly (simultaneously) as well as its implications on the performance of the maritime colleges’ permanent lecturers in Jakarta. The Data analysis techniques in the analysis stages were descriptive analysis, normality test, homogeneity test, validity test, reliability test and structural equation modeling (SEM). The analysis using SEM computer program was linear structural relationship (LISREL). The results of the study were as follows: based on the t-value and F-value proved that the hypothesis stating that commitment, job competence, career development partially or simultaneously had positive and significant influence towards job satisfaction on permanent lecturers, if viewed from the contribution of each exogenous construct, the factor that required attention in order to improve lecturers job satisfaction was commitment factor. The commitment, job competence, career development and job satisfaction partially or simultaneously proved to have positive and significant influence on the performance of the permanent lecturers and when viewed from the contribution of each exogenous construct the factor that required attention in order to improve job satisfaction of the permanent lecturers was job satisfaction factor. The conclusion drawn was to improve the performance of the maritime colleges’ permanent lecturers in Jakarta took strong commitment, adequate job competency and career development system run properly for maximum job satisfaction perceived by the permanent lecturers..