The Influence of Reward and Punishment System Toward Job Competencies Mediated by Learning Motivation
Nanda Kiswanto (a*), Praptini Yulianti (b)

Airlangga University

Abstract

Human Resource Management (HRM) in the industrial era 4.0 towards 5.0 currently plays a very important role in a company. This study aims to examine the effect of reward and punishment system on learning motivation and job competencies, as well as the effect of learning motivation as a mediating variable. This research was conducted by distributing questionnaires to employees factory 1 grade 5, 6 and 7 (operator level) at PT Petrokimia Gresik, Indonesia with 207 employees as the respondents. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of this study state that reward and punishment system has a significant positive effect on learning motivation, however reward and punishment system has no effect on job competencies. In addition, learning motivation acts as a full mediating variable in mediating the relationship between reward & punishment system and job performance, which later becomes a new finding in this study

Keywords: Reward and Punishment System, Learning Motivation, Job Competencies

Topic: Human resources management