ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR EKSTERNAL DALAM MEMPERTAHANKAN KINERJA PEGAWAI SERTA DAMPAKNYA PADA KINERJA KANTOR WILAYAH KEMENTERIAN AGAMA PROVINSI ACEH

This study aims to examine external factors of employees in maintaining their jobs in order to improve the performance of the regional office of the Ministry of Religion of Aceh Province. The study with a survey of 114 employees with a correlational method using statistical analysis of the structural path model. The study found that: (1) External factors involved, namely communication, group cooperation and leadership, have an effect on maintaining employee performance. The magnitude of the direct and indirect influence is 21.54%, 38.83% and 28.10% respectively. (2) Statistics state that there is a causal relationship between communication factors, group cooperation and leadership with a moderate category. (3) Simultaneously, the three factors provide a positive con-tribution of 52,5%. (4) Employee performance factors affect organizational performance by 24.9%. (5) So that simultaneously there is a significant influence of communication, group cooperation and leadership on the organizational performance of the Ministry of Religion of Aceh Province by 54.7%.