Managing Employee Performance in the Palm Oil Plantation Industry: The Strategic Roles of Workload, Work Environment, and Job Satisfaction
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https://doi.org/10.53905/Veritas.v1i04.13Keywords:
workload, work environment, job satisfaction, employee performance, plantation industryAbstract
Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine the effect of workload, work environment, and job satisfaction on employee performance, both simultaneously and partially, at PT. Agrindo Raya Banyuasin, a palm-oil plantation company that has experienced a persistent decline in production-target achievement (from 99% in 2019–2020 to 76% in 2023–2024).
Methodology: An associative quantitative design was employed. The population consisted of 373 employees, and a sample of 79 respondents was determined using the Slovin formula with a 10% margin of error and probability sampling technique. Primary data were collected through a structured questionnaire measured on a Likert-type scale and were supplemented by secondary company data. Instrument quality was verified through validity and reliability testing, and hypotheses were examined using multiple linear regression analysis, the F-test (simultaneous), the t-test (partial), and the coefficient of determination, at a 10% significance level.
Results: The multiple regression analysis indicates that workload, work environment, and job satisfaction jointly influence employee performance. The F-test confirms a statistically significant simultaneous effect of the three predictors, while the t-test confirms that each variable—workload, work environment, and job satisfaction—has a significant partial effect on employee performance. The coefficient of determination shows that the three predictors jointly explain 54.5% of the variance in employee performance, while the remaining 45.5% is explained by variables outside the scope of this study.
Conclusions: Workload, work environment, and job satisfaction are significant determinants of employee performance at PT. Agrindo Raya Banyuasin. Managerial attention to workload distribution, physical working conditions, and employee satisfaction is therefore essential for improving organizational performance and closing the persistent production-target gap.
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