the effect of situational leadership and organizational culture on employee performance through job satisfaction

Performance is an essential factor in an organization; increasing organizational performance can be affected by the leadership and organizational culture. good leadership and organizational culture will create job satisfaction for employees, thereby improving employee performance in the organization. the purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the effect of situational leadership and organizational culture on employee performance with job satisfaction as an intervening variable. this study employed structural equation modeling analysis using a sample of 275 employees of fire management and rescue of the north jakarta administration. the data were analyzed using lisrel software. the results showed that situational leadership and organizational culture did not have a significant relationship with performance directly. nevertheless, situational leadership and organizational culture had a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, while job satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on employee performance. it is suggested that the organization needs to pay attention to job satisfaction which is a significant factor in improving employee performance. further researchers can replicate the model in a different context to verify the applicability of the model.