FACTORS RELATED TO THE LEATHER CRAFTSMEN’S SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN THE DISTRICTS OF SIDOARDJO AND MAGETAN, EAST JAVA

This research was intended to identify factors related to the leather craftsmen’s self sufficiency in the districts of Sidoarjo and Magetan, in East Java. A descriptive survey research was accomplished amongst 260 craftsmen in the two districts in April 2005 through February 2006. The collected data were analyzed by using the Descriptive Statistics, the One Way Anova and the Structural Equation Modeling procedures. The findings pointed out that most of the observed craftsmen’s entrepreneurial as well as their self-sufficiency behaviors were low. Furthermore, their self-sufficiency behaviors were related to their personal characteristics, business supports, and business environment

The Influence of Internal Drivers and Environmental Drivers towards Supply Chain Management (SCM) Strategy, SCM Practices, Responsiveness and Implication on the Operational Performance of Organic Fertilizer Manufacturers in East Java, Indonesia

The aim of this research is to formulate a theoretical model that explains causal links among supply chain drivers and operational performance by adding several SCM variables, namely strategy, practices and responsiveness into the links and empirically tests the model on organic fertilizer manufacturers in East Java, Indonesia. Provincial sample data that consist of 85 companies are analyzed using SEM by component-based approach, which is Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA). The result shows that internal drivers only have weak influence to the operational performance and environmental drivers do not influence it. Furthermore, SCM practice do not influence the operational performance. Nevertheless, the relationships between other variables hypothesized are found positively and significantly influence the operational performance. In order to compete in supply chain level, companies have to adopt the right SCM strategy and also build supply chain responsiveness. Both have important role as intervening variables to strengthen the weak or insignificant relationships. This research implication might limited for the types of industry in which the Government plays big role as one of the environmental drivers. The organic fertilizer industry has to compete with chemical fertilizer products which have won the customer’s loyalty; and therefore the organic fertilizer manufacturers have to change their SCM strategy to become more responsive to the customers’ needs and requirements, also internally improving innovation aspect, particularly product innovation. The integration drivers are not directly related to performance, but rather have to be through SCM practices. Likewise, the SCM practices are not directly related to performance, but rather have to be through responsiveness. These research findings strengthen the strategic supply chain theory and the supply chain responsiveness theory. Keywords: supply chain drivers, SCM strategy, SCM practices, responsiveness, operational performance, organic fertilizer manufacturers

Antecedents of E-Commerce Use in The Hospitality Industry: An Empirical Study in Indonesia

This study aims to explain the influence of Relative Advantage, Compatibility, Organizational Readiness, Management Support and External Pressure on the Use of E-Commerce. In accordance with the purpose of research, this study used a kind of explanatory Research. The study population was  star hotels in Bali Indonesia, which already apply the technology of E-Commerce at least one year. Samples were taken using proportionate stratified random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires, then analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with a method of Partial Least Square (PLS). The analysis showed that all variables have positive effect on the use of E-Commerce, but the results of t-test showed that only four variables (Relative Advantage, Organizational Readiness, Management Support and External Pressure) which have a significant effect. While the effect of Compatibility was not statistically significant. As a theoretical implications, future researchers should carefully consider 1) the longitudinal approach in data collection research, 2) using more than one respondent as key informants representing the leaders and members in each company was chosen as the unit of analysis. As a practical implication, the hotel needs to consider the readiness in the implementation of E-Commerce. Keywords: Relative Advantage, Compatibility, Organizational Readiness, Management Support, External Pressure, E-Commerce Us

The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Social Competence, Self-Efficacy, Work Engagement, and Individual Performance

The purpose of this study is to examine and explain the effect of transformational leadership on social competence, self-efficacy, work engagement, and individual performance as scientific information for private hospitals in South Kalimantan Province dealing with the management of human resources that are expected to contribute to the development of effective and efficient organization. As many as 216 people became the sample of the study, and they came from nine hospitals in four regencies / cities in South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. Technical analysis of the data was done using GSCA. The results showed that of the eight hypothesized that there are three hypotheses that do not have significant influence, social competence to performance, work engagement and performance of the self-efficacy; and five hypotheses showed a significant effect. The five hypotheses include transformational leadership significant effect on the social competence, self-efficacy, work engagement; and individual performance; self-efficacy significant effect on individual performance. Keywords: Transformational leadership, Social Competence, Self Efficacy, Work Engagement, and Individual Performance

The Influence of Organizational Culture and Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Employee’s Performance

This study aimed to describe and explain the influence of organizational culture and entrepreneurial orientation on the job satisfaction, organizational commitment and employee’s performance.This study was qualitative design with the primary data source was derived from the 120 people on four medium scale (UM) companies which process food and beverage in Pekanbaru. A questionnaire was used as the instrument to gain the data, and the data analysis method employed in this study was the Structured Generalized Component Analysis) GSCA.There were some important findings in this study, namely: first, job satisfaction is a perfect mediation of theinfluence of organizational culture on the employee’s performance; second, organizational commitment perfect mediation of the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on the employee’s performance. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment may affect the increase in the employee’s performance.In general, the results of the analysis showed that the job satisfaction and organizational commitment as determiners in improving the employee’s performance. Organizational culture is the only factor that can increase the job satisfaction which then can improve the employee’s performance. Likewise with the organizational commitment, entrepreneurial orientation is the only factor which can improve organizational commitment which is to improve the employee’s performance. Keywords: organizational culture, entrepreneurial orientation, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, employee’s performance, medium enterpris

The Effect of Online Service Quality towad Perceived Risk, Customer Attitudes, Relationship Quality, Online Purchase Intention, E-Loyalty, and Purchasing Behavior

This study aims to analyze and explain 1) the effect of online service quality toward perceived risk, 2) the effect of online service quality toward customer attitudes, 3) the effect of online service quality toward online relationship quality, 4) the effect of perceived risk toward customer attitudes, 5)the effect of perceived risk toward online relationship quality, 6)the effect of online service quality toward online purchase intention, 7)the effect of risk toward online purchase intention, 8)the effect of customer attitudes toward online purchase intention, 9)the effect of online relationship quality toward online purchase intention, 10) the effect of online purchase intention toward e-customer loyalty, 11) the effect of online purchase intentiontoward online customer attitudes, and 12) the effect of e-customer loyalty toward online customer attitudes. This study was explanatory research, which describes the relationship between variables. The study was conducted on consumers who madeonline purchasingat SMEs who were members of the world's Top 50 SMEs in the online version of the Markeetermagazine. The unit of analysis consists of 123 consumers. The analytical tool used was the Generalized Structured Component Analisys (GSCA) to test the hypotheses. The results showed that eight hypotheses with significant effect were online service qualitytowardperceived risk, online service qualitytowardcustomer attitudes, online service quality toward online relationship quality, perceivedrisk towardonline relationship quality, customer attitudes towardonline purchase intention, online relationship quality towardonline purchase intention, online purchase intention toward e-customer loyalty, and e-customer loyalty towardonline customer behaviors. The hypotheses with non significant effect were online service quality toward online purchase intention, perceived risk toward customer attitude, perceived risktowardonline purchase intention,and online purchase intention toward online purchasing behavior. Keywords: Online purchasing behavior, customer attitudes, online relationship quality, online purchase intention, customer e-loyalt

The Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Self-Efficacy, Burnout, Emotional Intelligence, Job Satisfaction, and Individual Performance (An Empirical Study on Tour Guides in West Nusa Tenggara)

The purpose of this study was to examine and explain the direct relationship effect of psychological empowerment on individual performance, he direct relationship effect of psychological empowerment on self-efficacy, burnout, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction. In addition, it also aimed at explaining the effect of psychological empowerment on individual performance through self-efficacy, burnout, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction. The population of this study consisted of 563 tour guides. Sample was chosen based on stratified proportionate random sampling technique, as members of the population in this study are stratified based on the license they have namely junior, intermediate, and senior. This study was a survey because the data was collected by a questionnaire distributed to 150 guides as respondents. Data was analyzed using descriptive analyses employing SPSS version 20.0, and inferential analyses employing Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA). The results of this study confirms that out of 15 hypotheses proposed in this study, 12 hypotheses are  accepted or result in significant effects, and 3 hypotheses are rejected result in non-significant effects, namely (a) self-efficacy on burnout, (b) burnout on emotional intelligence, and (c) burnout on job satisfaction. The results provide a comprehensive contribution associated with the activity of tour guides and tourism service in West Nusa Tenggara. Keywords: psychological empowerment, self-efficacy, burnout, emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, and individual performanc

The Impacts of Perceived Organizational Support and Work Environment on Employee Performance: The Mediating Effects of Job Satisfaction

One of the employees required to have optimal performance is an employee within the scope of a health service organization. There are indications of problems in the performance of non-medical health workers at Aliyah General Hospital, Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi. Researchers built the perception that their low performance could be influenced by perceived organizational support, work environment, reward, punishment, or job satisfaction. The study was conducted at Aliyah General Hospital (1, 2, and 3) in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi. This study used a quantitative approach with 157 respondents. Data analysis used Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with the help of SmartPLS 3 software. The results showed that perceived organizational support did not significantly affect employee performance and job satisfaction. In contrast, the work environment significantly affected employee performance and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction has a significant effect on employee performance. Job satisfaction cannot mediate perceived organizational support on employee performance; on the contrary, it has a mediating effect on the work environment on performance. The results of this study indicate that the performance of employees of the Aliyah General Hospital in Kendari City is driven by their work environment, especially the support of colleagues

THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM ON ACHIEVEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN JABODETABEK REGION

The contribution of information systems on Project success become an interesting topic to investigate, especially in a construction project. The project successfully achieved when the information system was well used with appropriate communication knowledge in a construction project.  However, in worker perspectives, the role of the information system in a construction project is not significant to achieve the project's success due to it indicated by the main indicator which is the finish on schedule, high quality and within budget. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the correlation and effect between IS to project success in terms of product quality and on-time finish the project. This research was conducted through a questionnaire and survey analysis. The total respondent is 105 that consists of 23 Project Manager (PM), 13 Vice PM and 69 site coordination. The data was analyzed by SPSS and Smart PLS software. The result shows that there is a significant effect of system quality to Information quality with CR value of 5.174, system quality to project success has CR value of 3.564 and information quality to project success has CR value of 2.037. It can be concluded that IS was very important to ensure the project success especially in a construction project in Jabodetabek Region