THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TASK COMMITMENT AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT THE BOARD OF ENTERPRISE BATAM AREA

Abstract

Various issues faced by Batam Industrial Estate Agency. Employees at Batam Industrial Estate
Agency is currently described as having a low level of professionalism, less optimal service ability,
the work ethic which is considered low, less disciplined, less serving well, less transparent, less value
added, many complains, low levels of reliability, assurance, tangibility, empathy and responsiveness,
has no level of integrity as government employees so as not to have emotional connective, other than
that high misuse of authority. The condition has an impact on low performance of employees in
carrying out their duties and obligations in serving the community. The purpose of this research is to
know the correlation between commitment and performance. Instrument items were 60 items, and
questionnaires were used as data collection tools. Data analysis tools in the study was using SPSS
statistics. The data were conducted for the validity test analysis, reliability test, normality test, and
correlation test to see the correlation between work commitment and performance. Correlation test
results indicate that there is a strong and significant correlation between the work commitment and the
performance of employees. For future researchers, it is recommended to do some research with other
variables that are not researched in this study such as; Motivation and job satisfaction.