Employee Work Motivation at the Department of Industry and Trade of West Sumatra Province

Motivasi Kerja Pegawai Dinas Perindustrian dan Perdagangan Provinsi Sumatera Barat

Abstract

This study aims to find out and obtain information about (1) employee responsibilities, (2) employee work performance, (3) employee opportunities for advancement, (4) recognition of employee performance, and (5) challenging work for employees at the Department of Industry and Trade of West Sumatra Province. The research questions in this study are: how high are 1) employee responsibilities, (2) employee work performance, (3) employee opportunities for advancement, (4) recognition of employee performance, and (5) challenging work for employees at the Department of Industry and Trade of West Sumatra Province. The type of research used is descriptive quantitative. The research population is all 61 employees (population research). The instrument used is a Likert scale model questionnaire with five answer choices, namely always (SL), often (SR), sometimes (KD), rarely (JR), never (TP). Before the questionnaire was used, it was first tested on 20 employees at the Department of Trade of Padang City and processed using Excel, the results were declared valid and reliable. The collected data was processed using the mean formula (average score). Research Results of the work motivation of employees of the Department of Industry and Trade of West Sumatra Province seen from the indicators: (1) Employee responsibility is high (4.33), (2) Employee work performance is high (4.32), (3) Employee opportunities for employee advancement are high (3.91), (4) Recognition of employee performance is high (3.85) and (5) Challenging work for employees is also high (3.79). This study can be concluded that the work motivation of employees of the Department of Industry and Trade of West Sumatra Province is high with an average score of 4.04.