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The Asia Pacific
Journal of Management Studies Vol. 8No.1
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uncomfortable with the type of leadership that is and widely recognized, namely the autocratic type,
applied. the free-control type, the paternalistic type, the
charismatic type, the militaristic type, the pseudo-
Besides, the cause of the decline in employee
democratic type and finally the democratic type.
performance at the “ABC” City Culture and
Tourism Office is work discipline. The HRD Autocratic leadership considers that
explained that the decrease within the level of leadership is a personal right (leader), so it doesn't
discipline is often seen from the presence of get to talk to others and nobody else ought to
employees who are still not following the rules in interfere. A leader who is classified as autocratic
terms of dress, behavior, and there are other has several characteristics that tend to be negative.
disciplinary violations such as abuse of authority The prominent characteristic is the selfish attitude
and degrading the image of government of an autocratic leader. An autocratic leader in
organizations. The researcher also obtained making decisions always ignores the role of
attendance data which showed that the level of subordinates, refusing to accept suggestions and
discipline/employee attendance fluctuated, the views that come from his subordinates. Hasibuan
largest alpha percentage was in November by 25% (2017) suggests dimensions of autocratic leadership
and December by 30%, besides that the largest style, namely:
percentage of late was in November by 17% and a. Absolute authority is centered on leadership
December by 15%. Though work discipline is very b. Decisions made by leaders
influential on the performance results of an c. Subordinates are not allowed to provide
organization. opinions/suggestions
d. Lack of attention to feelings and welfare of
Leadership is one of all the factors that
subordinates
impact the achievement of organizational goals.
e. Leadership is focused only on work
Here the leader must direct his subordinates to do a
productivity
good job to accomplish organizational goals.
f. Leaders do not provide information on
According to Nitesemito (2014), states that
organizational conditions
leadership in organizations is directed to influence
the people they lead so that they want to act as Discipline is one sign that a worker is good.
expected or directed by others who lead them. Therefore, every company and organization
Meanwhile, Yukl (2012) says that leadership is that certainly expect good human resources, namely
the method of influencing others to know and agree being able to comply with written and unwritten
on what's required in concluding tasks and the way regulations set by companies and organizations to
to hold out that task, moreover as a method to achieve their goals (Idris, 2018). According to
facilitate individual and collective efforts to realize Singodimedjo (2005), states that discipline is an
common goals. attitude of a person's willingness and willingness to
follow and obey the prevailing regulatory norms
According to Hasibuan (2017), states that
around him. Meanwhile, according to Luthans
leadership vogue is means a pacesetter influences
(2005), states that discipline is the key to the
the behavior of subordinates that aims to encourage
success of a company in accomplishing its
job enthusiasm, job satisfaction, and high worker
objectives. Hidayat (2017), that discipline is the
productivity, to attain the most extreme
knowledge and ability of an individual to follow all
organizational goals. Meanwhile, Basna (2016),
company regulations and relevant social norms.
states that The leadership style represents the
Awareness here is the attitude of someone who
leader's attitude in politics, skills, and philosophy.
willingly obeys all the rules and is conscious of
The leadership style is the result of the design of
their duties and obligations, whereas willingness is
behavior patterns to achieve certain goals by
an attitude, conduct, acts of someone who complies
integrating organizational goals with individual
goals. Several types of leadership are recognized
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with the business, whether written or not (Putri, R. accomplished by an employee in carrying out his
K., Sandriawan, A. A., & Puspasari, 2020). duties in compliance with the responsibilities
assigned to him.
There are two types of job discipline
Mangkunegara (2015), namely preventive According to Sutrisno (2016), employee
discipline and corrective discipline. Preventive performance is influenced by the effectiveness and
discipline is an attempt to encourage workers to efficiency of the following factors, authority, and
obey and comply with job guidelines, the laws that responsibility, discipline, and initiative. According
have been outlined by the company. Its basic aim is to Setiawan (2014) to measure performance can use
to organize self-disciplined workers. In a the following indicators:
preventive way, employees can maintain a. Accuracy in completing tasks
themselves against company regulations (Rizani, b. Suitability of working hours
A. T., & Oktafien, 2020). Meanwhile, corrective c. Attendance rate
discipline is an attempt to encourage workers to
Previous research is used as a basis for the
unite regulations and direct them to comply with the
preparation of research. The aim is to find out the
regulations in compliance with the relevant
results that have been carried out by previous
guidelines in the business. In corrective
researchers, as well as a comparison and description
punishment, workers who breach discipline need to
that can support subsequent similar research
be punished in compliance with relevant
activities. According to Amalia (2019) in her
regulations (Katiandagho, C., Mandey, S. L., &
research entitled "The influence of leadership and
Mananeke, 2014).
work discipline on employee performance at the
Many indicators influence the level of Banjarmasin City Education Office," the findings
discipline of employees of an organization. show that leadership and job discipline
Singodimedjo (2005) work discipline is divided simultaneously influence employee performance.
into four dimensions, including: Then according to Susantoa (2019) in his research
a. Obeying the rules of time entitled "The Influence of Leadership,
b. Obeying company rules Communication and Work Discipline on the
c. Obeying the rules of behavior in work Performance of Non-Medical Employees at Siti
d. Obeying other regulations Aisyah Lubuklinggau Hospital", the results show
that partially the three variables are only
Employee performance is the function or
disciplinary variables that affect service satisfaction
productivity of employees in carrying out their
to the community. Furthermore, research conducted
work (Widari, 2016). With good performance,
by Hersona (2017) shows that the functions of
every employee can carry out their duties and jobs
leadership, motivation, and employee performance
effectively and efficiently so that the company or
are significantly influenced either partially or
organization can achieve its goals or objectives
simultaneously by work discipline. An increase in
(Amalia, S., & Fakhri, 2016). With that, the
leadership functions, employee motivation, and
company or organization can be said to be
work discipline, can improve employee
successful or achieve success. According to Busro
performance at the Manpower and Transmigration
(2018) performance is the product of work that can
Office of Karawang Regency. Then research with
be done by employees both individually and in
the title "The Leadership Style Effect on The Job
groups in an organization, following the authority
Satisfaction and The Performance" conducted by
and responsibility given by the organization in
Rahmat (2019), the results of the hypothesis test
achieving the vision and mission, and goals of the
show that leadership style has a significant positive
organization with the ability to solve problems
effect on job satisfaction, leadership style has a
following the specified time and not violating laws.
significant positive effect on success, job
Meanwhile, Adha (2019), stated that performance
satisfaction has an effect. significant positive on
is the product of work in quality and quantity
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Based on the output above, the regression 3. A constant value of -2,762 means that if the
equation is made as follows: variables of autocratic leadership and work
discipline are fixed, the employee's
Y = -2,762 + 0,232X1 + 0,748X2
performance is -2,762.
The multiple linear regression equation can
The correlation coefficient is useful for
be explained as follows:
partially measuring the strength of the relationship
1. Positive and significant autocratic leadership
between two variables with certain scales
values indicate that autocratic leadership has a
(Ayunitha, 2020; Susanti, 2021). The coefficient of
significant influence on employee
determination (R-square) in essence measures how
performance, meaning that if the attribute value
far the model's ability to explain variations in the
is increased by 0.232, it will increase employee
dependent variable. The coefficient of
performance by 0.232.
determination is 0 and 1. In this study, the
2. The positive and significant value of work
relationship in question is the relationship between
discipline shows that work discipline has a
Autocratic Leadership (X1) and Employee
significant influence on employee
Performance (Y) and Work Discipline (X2) with
performance, meaning that if work discipline is
Employee Performance (Y) which is then
enforced by 0.748 it will increase employee
interpreted in the coefficient interpretation table.
performance by 0.748.
Spearman correlation.
Table 2. Correlation Test and Coefficient of Determination
Model Summaryb
Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the Estimate
1 0,766a 0,587 0,575 3,85689
a. Predictors: (Constant), TX2, TX1
b. Dependent Variable: TY
Source: SPSS version 20 Output Results
Value The correlation coefficient between discipline (X2) of 58.7% while the remaining 41.3%
autocratic leadership (X1) and work discipline (X2) was influenced by other factors not examined.
and employee performance (Y) is 0.766, indicating
The F test is used to find out how strong the
a strong relationship because it is between 0.60 -
influence or relationship of two or more variables
0.799.
together (Nugraha, 2020; Ramadhanti, 2021;
To find out how much influence autocratic Susanti, 2020). In this study, the F test was
leadership (X1) and work discipline (X2) on conducted to determine how much the relationship
employee performance (Y), it can be seen from the between autocratic leadership and work discipline
coefficient of determination (R-square) of 0.587 or on performance. The simultaneous test results / F
58.7%, which means that employee performance is test can be seen in the following table:
determined by autocratic leadership (X1) and work
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a. Dependent Variable: TY
b. Predictors: (Constant), TX2, TX1
Source: SPSS version 20 Output Results
Based on table 3. it is known that the The t-test was conducted to determine the
significant value for the effect of autocratic effect of partially (individually) independent
leadership (X1) and work discipline (X2) variables, namely autocratic leadership and work
simultaneously on performance (Y) is 0.000 < 0.05 discipline on the dependent variable, namely
and Fcount 51.794 > 3.12, so it can be concluded that employee performance (Supardi, 2021; Susyana,
H0 is rejected, which means that there is an 2021; Taohid, 2021). The confidence level used is
influence between autocratic leadership (X1) and 95%, then the value of α = 0.05.
work discipline (X2) simultaneously on
performance (Y).
Table 4. T-Test Results (Partial)
Coefficientsa
Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Coefficients t Sig.
Model
B Std. Error Beta
(Constant) -2,762 3,726 -0,741 0,461
1 TX1 0,232 0,108 0,162 2,149 0,035
TX2 0,748 0,074 0,757 10,049 0,000
a. Dependent Variable: TY
Source: SPSS version 20 Output Results
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