The Effect Of Democratic Leadership Style And Work Motivation On Employee Performance At PT XYZ

This study aims to analyze the influence of democratic leadership style and work motivation on employee performance at PT. XYZ. This study uses a quantitative descriptive and verification approach. The number of samples is 154 respondents with a simple random sampling technique, the analysis used is multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS V29. The results of the study show that democratic leadership style obtained an average value of 595.2, work motivation obtained an average value of 598 and employee performance obtained an average value of 594.6 with a scale range of 514-634 with a good category. Democratic leadership style has an effect with a calculated t value of 4.635 > 1.976 with a significance value of 0.001 < 0.005. Work motivation has a positive effect on employee performance, with a calculated t value of
4.397 > 1.976 and a sig value of 0.01 < 0.05. The results of the simultaneous F test show a calculated F value of 152.496 > F table 3.06 with a significance value of 0.001 < 0.05. It can be concluded that democratic leadership style and work motivation together have a significant effect on employee performance. Meanwhile, the coefficient of determination (Adjusted R Square) value of 0.669 indicates that 66.9% of employee performance variations are influenced by democratic leadership style and work motivation, while 33.1% is influenced by other variables not examined.

Keywords: Democratic leadership style, work motivation, employee performance, human resource management, manufacturing industry.