How is the Performance of Private University Lecturers Regarding Scientific Publications?: The Perspective of Workplace Spirituality and Job Satisfaction in Garut Regency

Abstract

The performance of lecturers’ scientific publications is an obligation that every lecturer must carry out because it will support careers and university social stratification. The purpose of this study is to disclose how the performance of lecturers’ scientific publications is analyzed from the perspective of workplace spirituality and job satisfaction. This study uses a quantitative-descriptive approach, proportional random sampling is used to determine as many of 157 lecturers with a Likert scale of gradation 1-4. The data were then analyzed using Smart-PLS 3.3. The results show that workplace spirituality has a positive and significant effect on the performance of scientific publications, and job satisfaction mediates the influence of spirituality at work on the performance of scientific publications on permanent lecturers at private universities in Garut Regency, Indonesia. The findings indicate that higher level of workplace spirituality will increase job satisfaction and scientific publication performance.


Keywords: workplace spirituality, job satisfaction, performance

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