The Influence of Innovative Leadership and Competence on Employee Performance

Employee performance issues are classic issues that always arise in every organization. Facing increasing competition in all lines of business, every organization must prepare its human resources to be able to compete. Human resources who are able to compete are those who always provide increased performance to their organization. The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the influence of innovative leadership and competence on employee performance at the Jember Regency Human Resources Development and Personnel Agency. This study used a quantitative research method with 117 respondents. In this study, the data analysis techniques used were descriptive analysis, validity and reliability tests, and direct hypothesis testing. The results showed that innovative leadership had a significant effect on employee performance, that competence did not have a significant effect on employee performance.