THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISCIPLINE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TOWARDS EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

What is it about?

Background: One of problems in an organization or company is poor performance of employees. For instance, they do not complete tasks or finish their job responsibilities on time. Teh preliminary data taken from one of companies in Surabaya showed that 184 employees did not come to work without any explanations, and 288 employees worked late. Aim: This study analyzed teh relationships between discipline and emotional intelligence towards employee performance at teh company. Method: The design of this research was analytical using a cross sectional approach. The population of this study was employees at Production and Maintenance Section of one company in Surabaya comprising of 155 people. Out of 155 employees, 89 respondents were taken as samples using a stratified random sampling technique. Then, the data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation test wif a significance level of α 0.05. Results: This study showed dat most of teh respondents were very highly disciplined (94.4%) and had a highly emotional intelligence (74.2%). Lastly, most of them perform satisfyingly (50.6%). Teh results of teh analysis test wif Spearman’s rank correlation yielded p-value of 0.002 <α 0.05. It means there was a correlation between discipline attitude and employee performance. Teh p-value 0.001 which was less TEMPthan α-value of 0.05 showed dat there was a correlation between emotional intelligence and employee performance. Conclusion: Discipline and emotional intelligence are prominent to determine employee performance at PT X. In order to improve the discipline and intelligence in the performance of the employees, the company should provide rewards based on employee’s achievements in the workplace. Key words: Emotional intelligence, Employee performance, Discipline.

Featured Image