THE EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ON WORK MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE

: This research aims to determine and analyze the effects of leadership and organizational commitment on work motivation and performance of the members of Regency Regional Houses of People’s Representatives of North Konawe Regency and analyze the role of work motivation in the relationship of leadership on performance and organizational commitment on performance of the members of Regency Regional Houses of People’s Representatives of North Konawe Regency. There were 20 people as the research samples. The research data were collected using questionnaires and processed using Partial Least Square (PLS). Results of the research show that the leadership gives positive and significant effects on motivation and performance, organizational commitment gives positive and significant effects on motivation and performance. Also, motivation gives positive and significant effects on performance and the variable of work motivation serves a role as a mediating variable in the relationship of leadership on performance and organizational commitment on performance.