THE INFLUENCE OF RECRUITMENT AND COMPENSATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ELECTION ORGANIZERS IN BANGKALAN REGENCY THROUGH WORK PROFESSIONALISM AS AN INTERVENING VARIABLE (Case Study of the KPU1 and BAWASLU2 of Bangkalan Regency)

This research discusses the problems that exist in the election organizers of the KPU ad hoc and BAWASLU of Bangkalan Regency related to recruitment, compensation, and work professionalism which can influence the performance of election organizers. This research aims to test the problem formulation. This research used a quantitative approach, with a sample size of 93 people. Data was obtained from the interview process and distributing questionnaires to respondents. The data was analyzed using multiple regression with SPSS to answer the hypothesis. Based on the results of the analysis, partially the recruitment and compensation variables have a positive and significant effect on work professionalism with each recruitment t-count value of 8.292 with a significant level of 0.000 < 0.05 and compensation of 2.161 with a significant level of 0.033 <0.05 The variables recruitment, motivation and work professionalism have a positive and significant effect on performance with each recruitment t-value of 2.828 with a significant level of 0.006 < 0.05, motivation above 3.977 with a significant level of 0.000 < 0.05, and work professionalism above 2.905 with a significant level 0.000 < 0.05. Based on the intervening regression analysis, it is known that recruitment and compensation have a positive and significant influence on performance through professionalism with an indirect recruitment coefficient of 0.201746 and the results of the Sobel test with a t value of 2.7175172461 > ttable 1.66216 with a significance level of 0.05, and compensation of 0.052746 and Sobel test results with a t value of 1.6690225749 > ttable 1.66216 with a significance level of 0.05. The conclusion is that all hypotheses are proven with the support of previous research.

Keywords: Recruitment, Compensation, Work Professionalism, Performance.