Effect of Motivation and Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance of Prodia Surakarta

Job satisfaction is an emotional attitude that pleases and loves his work. This attitude is reflected by work morale, discipline and work performance. On the other hand, employee performance can be influenced by how the employee feels satisfied where he works in his field. Not all employees in the company feel satisfaction in their work, so the work will be hampered. This study aims to analyze the effect of motivation and job satisfaction on employee performance in Prodia Surakarta. Prodia Surakarta is one of the leading pharmaceutical laboratory that exists in Surakarta City, Central Java, Indonesia. The sample was determined as many as 30 employees and the method of analysis used is multiple linear regression analysis. The value of multiple regression coefficients indicates that motivation has a significant effect on employee performance which is 22.7%, and the job satisfaction have an effect which is 3.2%. For the other 70% is believed to be influenced by other variables.