Effects of Leadership and Work Discipline on Employee Performance: The Mediation Role of Work Motivation

This study aims to analyze the leadership and work discipline on employee performance with motivation as a mediating variable at PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk Cabang Pekanbaru. This research involved 90 respondents. This study uses the Saturation Sampling method. Data is collected by questionnaire, interview, and observation. The data analyzed in Partial Least Square used Smart PLS 3.0. The analytical methods used are the Measurement Model or Outer Model (Convergence Validity, Discriminant Validity, and Composite Reliability) and Structural Model or Internal Model (R square, Path coefficient). The result showed the influence of variable leadership and motivation is a positive and significant effect on employee performance directly. The leadership directly had a positive influence but insignificantly on employee performance. Motivation has a positive direct and significant influence on employee performance. In a while, leadership and motivation with work discipline as an intervening variable, indirect has a positive influence but is insignificant to employee performance in PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk Cabang Pekanbaru.