Fingerprint, Monitoring and Work Discipline of Indonesian Public Servants: Evidence from Kepulauan Riau

Abstract

Recently, there are many public organizations in Indonesia use fingerprint to controll the attendance of the employee. However, the effectiveness of the implementation of this system has never been evaluated. This research aims at examining the influence of the using fingerprint and monitoring on work discipline of the employees in vertical organizations below the Ministry of Education and Culture of Republic of Indonesia in Kepulauan Riau. 44 public employees from the Board of Cultural Preservation and Language Office have been participated in this study. Using multiple linear regression, this study reveals that the using of fingerprint and monitoring have significant influence on work discipline simultanoeusly. Monitoring has positive influence on work discipline. Meanwhile, implementation of fingerprint has not influence on work discipline. Through this study, authors deny the perception of many policy makers in Indonesia and prior scholars that fingerprint can increase the discipline of public servants.

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“…al., 2018) unfortunately indicate that the fingerprint regulation has not actually had a positive and significant impact on work discipline. Thus Yudiatmaja et al (2018) conclude that fingerprint is not the factor to measure the discipline of public servants, as Indonesian policy makers suggested. The following three stories from Amalia, Diana, and Anni all speak to the problems associated with the fingerprint regulation and new managerialist practices on their lives as female academics.…”

“…As a part of the Indonesian bureaucratic reform movement, the current fingerprint scanner technology has been widely used. This technology is implemented to monitor the work discipline of public servants (Yudiatmaja, Samnuzulsari, Alfiandri & Mahdalena, 2018).…”

“…Their stories show the significant impact of new managerialism on women's working lives, and in particular, the current fingerprint scanner technology which has been implemented as part of Indonesian bureaucratic reform. The fingerprint scanner technology is implemented to monitor the work discipline of public servants (Yudiatmaja, Samnuzulsari, Alfiandri & Mahdalena, 2018).…”

“…Several studies on the use of fingerprint scanner have been conducted in Indonesian public sector contexts (Anggara, 2016;Asmira, 2016;Sari & Suardana, 2017;Yudiatmaja et al, 2018) and demonstrate that the fingerprint policy is intended to influence or control governmental employees in a way to get them to act in accordance with the rules and goals set by the government (Anggara, 2016).…”

“…Similarly Anggara (2016, p. 3704) finds that the application of electronic attendance (fingerprint) has not been effective until now because still many employees are not disciplined enough to comply with the defined working hours. Such studies on fingerprint use (Anggara, 2016;Asmira, 2016;Sari & Suardana, 2017;Yudiatmaja et. al., 2018) unfortunately indicate that the fingerprint regulation has not actually had a positive and significant impact on work discipline.…”