Work Performance of A Village Head: Investigating The Role of Job Satisfaction, Workload, and Work Stress

Abstract

Are work performance of a village head determined by job satisfaction, workload, and job stress? Using Structural Equation Model (SEM) method, several hypothesis were investigated in this study. Population of this study is all 226 Village Head in Jember Regency with sample selected as of 127 respondents. Data were collected by a survey using questionnaire and interview. Findings offer support the first two hypothesis that workload and job stress have significantly negative effect to job satisfaction. However workload, job stress and work satisfaction have no significant effect toward work performance of village head in Jember Regency. This is an anomaly result compared to the existing theory and empirical studies.