The Influence of Recruitment, Organizational Structure, and Regulation on Performance with Strategic Leadership as a Mediating Variable

Abstract

The importance of the role and position of the Bawaslu institution as an election organizing institution tasked with overseeing the implementation of elections in all regions of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia is regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections.  (2) There are still problems found in the recruitment process, organizational structure, regulations and strategic leadership patterns that have an impact on Bawaslu's performance. (3) There are still public complaints and complaints against Bawaslu's performance which is considered not to work optimally and transparently. This study aims to directly prove the influence of Recruitment, Organizational Structure, Regulation and strategic leadership on Bawaslu's performance. In addition, this study will also prove the influence of Strategic Leadership in mediating the relationship between Recruitment, Organizational Structure, and Regulation on Performance in Bawaslu. The method used in this study is an empirical study method with a quantitative approach. In this study, the pattern of causal relationships that became the focus of research was exogenous variables, namely Recruitment, Organizational Structure and Regulation. Strategic Leadership acts as a mediating variable. While the endogenous variable is Performance. The results showed that Recruitment, Organizational Structure, Regulation have a positive and significant effect on Strategic Leadership. In addition, Recruitment, Organizational Structure, Regulations have a positive and significant effect on Organizational Performance. Then, Strategic Leadership directly mediates the relationship between Recruitment, Organizational Structure, Regulation of Organizational Performance.