Is Ethical Leadership Style More Suitable For Millennial State Civil Apparatus?

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effective leadership style and competence in improving the performance of millennial ASN (state civil apparatus) in the Semarang City government. The variables used in this study consisted of transformational leadership, servant leadership, ethical leadership, and competence in employee performance. The population in this study was all millennial state civil apparatus in the Semarang City government service, amounting to 2289 people. The sample used in this study was millennial employees (21-40 years old) from 51 regional work units totaling 200 people; the sampling technique used was proportional random sampling. The data were collected using the survey method through a questionnaire. This study employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) data analysis techniques utilizing the AMOS 24 program. The analysis results showed that 1) servant leadership and transformational leadership did not affect public service motivation and employee performance, 2) competence influenced employee performance with public service motivation as a mediating variable, and 3) ethical leadership influenced employee performance with public service motivation as a mediating variable.

The Impact Of Work Discipline, Leadership Style, Teamwork On Employee Performance Through Satisfaction

“…This is supported by the results of Dastane's study (2020); Iin Indrayani & Mahfud, (2022); Umair Mughal, (2020), which stated that leadership style influences employee performance. On the other hand, several studies do not find evidence of the role of leadership style in influencing employee performance (Astuti et al, 2023). Employee performance will be indirectly influenced by the extent to which the cohesiveness of fellow employees in one company is built through teamwork (Usman et al, 2021).…”