THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP AND GROUP COHESIVITY ON JOB SATISFACTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE STATE CIVIL APPARATUS OF THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KONAWE DISTRICT

Abstract This research aims to find out and analyze: (a)The influence of leadership on job satisfaction(b)The influence of group cohesiveness on job satisfaction, (c).The influence of leadership on performance, (d). The effect of cohesiveness on performance,(e).The effect of job satisfaction on performance(f). the role of job satisfaction in the influence of leadership on ASN performance and (g). The mediating role of job satisfaction in the influence of group cohesiveness on ASN performance. The population in this research is all State Civil Apparatus within the North Konawe Regency Regional Government Office, 60 sections consisting of 34 Departments, Agencies and Offices, 13 Regional Secretariats, 13 District Offices.The amount determined based on the Slovin formulation was 318 samples. The analysis tool used is SEM Partial Least Square (PLS). The research results show that: (a). Leadership has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction. (b). Group cohesiveness has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, (c). Leadership has a positive and insignificant effect on ASN performance, (d). Cohesiveness has a positive and significant effect on ASN performance, (e) Job Satisfaction has a significant positive effect on ASN performance, (e) Job satisfaction partially mediates the influence of leadership on ASN performance and (f) Job satisfaction fully mediates the effect of group cohesiveness on the performance of Regional Government ASN North Konawe Regency.