This study aims to determine the effect of work motivation and work discipline on employee performance. The object of research is one of the state-owned companies in West Java. The number of respondents in this study was 50 employees. The author uses path analysis techniques to analyze the effect of work motivation and work discipline on employee performance. The study results proved that there was a significant influence of work motivation and work discipline on employee performance. Therefore, to improve employee performance, companies should need to provide motivation to their employees and monitor the performance improvement of each employee so that if employee motivation and discipline are good, good performance will also create. For example, the company provides bonuses/incentives to employees who have worked well following company regulations. So that employees are motivated and disciplined, thus employees will continue to improve their performance.

The study tested the preceding research model to develop theories regarding aspects of authentic leadership and employee coping in public organizations. Researchers conducted a survey on public organizations with 198 respondents whose task is providing services to the community. Researchers used the convenience sampling technique to take samples of respondents who work in public organizations in Bandung, Indonesia. To test the proposed research model, researchers used a non-parametric approach to predict the model of research. The result of this study indicates there is a connection between authentic leadership and psychological vulnerability mediated by proactive coping in uncertain situations, especially during COVID-19. The study result contributes to filling the research gaps, which shows the effectiveness of authentic leadership in encouraging proactive behavior of employees in dealing with stress and reducing the impact of psychological vulnerability on employees of public organizations. The research implication recommends that leaders of public organizations encourage the employees' proactive behavior by providing direct support. Thus, the employees can be more effective in dealing with uncertain situations to decrease the impact of psychological vulnerability.   Received: 17 April 2022 / Accepted: 19 August 2022 / Published: 2 September 2022

Researchers researched to determine the effect of Competence and Work Discipline on the Performance of Regional Office Employees III of the Bandung City State Civil Service Agency. Furthermore, this research analyzes the factor that has the most dominant influence between Competency and Work Discipline on the Performance of Employees at the Regional Office III of the State Personnel Agency for the City of Bandung. Based on path analysis research, the competency and discipline variables on the performance of employees of the Regional Office of the Bandung City State Civil Service Agency are declared valid. Therefore, the conclusions and considerations related to the research results are paying attention to Competency and Work Discipline to Improve Employee Performance. The results of the study show that compensation (X1) has a significant effect on employee performance (Y). Likewise, Work Discipline (X2) significantly influences Employee Performance (Y). Competence (X1) and Work Discipline (X2) have a positive influence on Employee Performance (Y). Based on research results, companies need to improve programs such as training and seminars that support optimizing competence to increase employee performance. In addition, companies need to reinforce the applicable rules and sanctions so that work discipline is optimal. If the employee is disciplined, the employee's performance will increase. Based on the results of company research, it is better to improve employee performance, then competence and work discipline need to be optimized and improved.