Proceedings of the First Nommensen International Conference on Creativity & Technology, NICCT, 20-21 September 2019, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia

Research Article

Effects of leadership and adversity quotient On the employee commitment

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296610,
        author={Qamaruddin Qamaruddin and Adam Mukti and Margaretha Margaretha},
        title={Effects of leadership and adversity quotient On the employee commitment},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First Nommensen International Conference on Creativity \& Technology, NICCT, 20-21 September 2019, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={NICCT},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={adversity quotient employee commitment leadership},
        doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296610}
    }
    
  • Qamaruddin Qamaruddin
    Adam Mukti
    Margaretha Margaretha
    Year: 2020
    Effects of leadership and adversity quotient On the employee commitment
    NICCT
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296610
Qamaruddin Qamaruddin1,*, Adam Mukti1, Margaretha Margaretha1
  • 1: Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Maritim “AMI” Jakarta
*Contact email: qomarudin.q@gmail.com

Abstract

Research on employee commitment is important for it has a relationship with desired outcomes such as high performance, low turnover and absenteeism. The objective of this research is to study the effect of leadership and adversity quotient (AQ) on the employee commitment. The research approach is quantitative and the analysis technique is path analysis. The research was conducted at PT.YKK AP Indonesia located in Tangerang, Banten, using survey with the samples of 92 employees being selected simple randomly. The research findings show: (1) leadership has positively and significantly affected the employee commitment; (2) adversity quotient (AQ) has positively and significantly affected the employee commitment; (4) leadership has positively and significantly affected the adversity quotient. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that enhancing the employee commitment can be done through strengthening leadership and improving adversity quotient.