The Effect of Competence and Leadership Style on the Performance of Village Officials in Rambang District, Muara Enim Regency with Motivation as a Mediating Variable

This study aims to analyze and apply the influence of competence and leadership style on the kinera of village officials in Rambang District, Muara Enim Regency with motivation as a mediating variable. The population in this study were all village apparatus organizations in Rambang District Muara Enim Regency as many as 13 villages, each of which had 13 village apparatus, so that the sample obtained was 104 village apparatus. The analysis technique used is regression using the partial least square path modeling (PLS-SEM) method. The results showed that competence affects the performance of village officials, while leadership style has no effect on the performance of village officials. Competence and leadership style affect the motivation of village officials. Motivation is not able to mediate between the influence of competence on the performance of village officials, but motivation is able to mediate between the influence of leadership style on the performance of village officials.