The Role of Communication as Mediation for Transformational Leadership Affecting the Performance of Employees of the Muaro Jambi Education Office

This research intends to examine and provide an overview of employee performance, transformational leadership patterns, and communication aspects, as well as evaluate how transformational leadership affects employee performance with the role of communication as a mediator at the Office of Education and Culture of Muaro Jambi Regency. The analysis was conducted using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method. Results showed that employee performance was at a high level, transformational leadership was categorized as good, while communication was rated as moderately open. Based on PLS testing, it was found that transformational leadership significantly had a positive impact on employee performance, had a positive impact on communication, communication was shown to improve employee performance, and transformational leadership also positively influenced employee performance through communication as a mediator.