THE INFLUENCE OF WORK DISCIPLINE, REWARDS, AND EMPLOYEE COMPETENCE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: A STUDY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION AND CIVIL REGISTRATION OF EAST LUWU REGENCY

To determine whether work discipline, employee competence, and rewards have a positive and significant impact on employee performance at the Population and Civil Registration Office of Luwu Regency. The population of this study consists of all employees at the Population and Civil Registration Office of East Luwu Regency, totaling 73 people. The sample consists of 73 respondents, and data collection was done using questionnaires. The questionnaire contained a series of written statements to gather information from respondents, and hypothesis testing was conducted using variance-based Structural Equation Modeling (VB-SEM) analysis. The results of this study show that of the three variables affecting employee performance, two of them—work discipline and rewards—have a positive and significant impact on employee performance, while the variable of employee competence does not significantly affect employee performance.