The Influence of Core Values AKHLAK on Job Performance through Work Engagement as an Intervening Variable on Employees Company X in Sidoarjo

Ainun Is Yuni Zafirah; Jun Surjanti

doi:10.55927/eajmr.v5i1.552

Authors

Ainun Is Yuni Zafirah Surabaya State University
Jun Surjanti Surabaya State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/eajmr.v5i1.552

Keywords:

Core Values AKHLAK, Work Engagement, Job Performance

Abstract

This research aims to determine and explain the influence of AKHLAK core values on job performance through work engagement on employees of company X in Sidoarjo. This study is classified as quantitative research with a population of all company X employees in Sidoarjo, and the sampling technique uses accidental sampling with a sample size of 90 employees of company X in the Sidoarjo area. The statistical analysis used in this study is Structural Equation Modeling Smart Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS). `The results of this study indicate that AKHLAK core values have a significant positive effect on work engagement, AKHLAK core values have a significant positive effect on job performance, work engagement does not have a significant effect on job performance, and work engagement cannot mediate the effect of AKHLAK core values on job performance in company X employees. The implications are based on the results applied to companies where superiors can organize AKHLAK-based coaching and mentoring programs as a form of personal approach that allows the internalization of AKHLAK at the individual level and ensures these values live in daily work practices.

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