The Effect of Leadership and Work Discipline on Lecturer Performance: Performance Allowance as a Moderating Variable at Politeknik XYZ
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65336/WJEBM.2026.31106Keywords:
Leadership, performance allowance, lecturer performance, work disciplineAbstract
Performance allowance (tunjangan kinerja) became part of the remuneration of civil-servant lecturers in Indonesia through Presidential Regulation No. 19 of 2025, yet little is known about how it shapes the drivers of lecturer performance. This study examines the effect of leadership and work discipline on lecturer performance and the moderating role of performance allowance at Politeknik XYZ, a state vocational higher education institution in Indonesia. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The population comprised 178 civil-servant lecturers, and 31 complete questionnaires were obtained (response rate 17.4%). Data were analysed using mean-centered Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA) with a 5,000-resample bootstrap robustness check. Work discipline had a positive and significant effect on lecturer performance (β = 0.909, p = 0.007), whereas leadership had no significant direct effect (β = −0.130, p = 0.541). Performance allowance significantly strengthened the effect of leadership on performance (β = 0.869, p = 0.006). Simple slope analysis showed that leadership had a significant negative effect when performance allowance was perceived as low (slope = −0.691, p = 0.032). Performance allowance did not significantly moderate the effect of work discipline (β = −0.784, p = 0.103), although the interaction was negative. The full model explained 57.6% of the variance in lecturer performance (R² = 0.576). The study concludes that leadership effectiveness in vocational higher education depends on the perceived fairness and clarity of the performance allowance system. It is recommended that institutions communicate the basis of allowance calculation transparently and align supervisory direction with the performance indicators used to determine the allowance.
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