Charismatic Leadership, Digital Literation, and Work Motivation to Increase Lecturer Performance

Introduction: Lecturers have an important role in improving the quality of education. Lecturer performance needs to be continuously improved because it affects the quality of education. The performance of lecturers at Christian Religious Higher Education (CRHE) of Central Java Province is still not optimal in implementing the tridarma which consists of education, research, and community service.Objectives: This study aims to examine the influence of charismatic leadership, digital literacy, and work motivation on CRHE lecturer's performance.Methods: The design of this study was quantitative, using explanatory survey methods. The respondents of this study amounted to 200 lecturers who were taken proportionally stratified random sampling. This research instrument uses a questionnaire shared by providing a Google link. The questionnaire data was analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) with SMART PLS 4.0 software. Results: The results showed that charismatic leadership, digital literacy, and work motivation had a positive and significant effect on the performance of CRHE lecturers. Charismatic leadership has an indirect impact on lecturer performance through work motivation. Digital literacy indirectly affects lecturer performance through work motivation.Conclusions: This research can contribute to educational institutions in terms of improving lecturer performance through effective charismatic leadership, strengthening digital literacy, and work motivation.