Employee performance according to (A. P. Mangkunegara, 2016) argues that employee
performance is the result of a person's work in quality and quantity that has been achieved by
employees in carrying out their duties according to the responsibilities given. The failure or success
of an organization in carrying out activities is closely related to employee performance.
Leaders who inspire their followers to go beyond their self-interest and for the good of the
organization are transformational leadership, said (Judge & Robbins, 2017). A leader with
transformational leadership can inspire and motivate followers to be able to achieve greater results
than planned for the benefit of the organization and their interests. (Sasongko et al., 2022) stated
that the better work motivation, the higher job satisfaction. To achieve company goals, the strength
of employee motivation can work/perform directly how far their efforts are to work hard to produce
better performance. The strength of a person's motivation is the embodiment of behavior to achieve
self-satisfaction in specific activities, to lead in approaching the object as a goal or target. In the
life of an organization, motivation must be a careful observation to improve performance.
In contrast to research conducted by (Qarismail & Prayekti, 2020) states that work
motivation does not affect employee job satisfaction, possibly because according to employees the
encouragement and motivation given by a leader are felt to be lacking, for example, there is no
bonus for employees who have been hired. carry out their duties well, career paths that are not
following the period of service so that employees feel bored, employee dissatisfaction arises and
employees feel unprotected.
That the form of a person's feelings and expressions when he is able/unable to fulfill the
expectations of the work process and performance is the opinion of (Harms & Luthans, 2012).
There are times when an employee feels bored at work. The cause of employees feeling bored is
due to lack of motivation at work, resulting in a decrease in morale. If this is allowed it will have
an impact on performance. As was the case at the head office of the Yatim Mandiri National Amil
Zakat Institution, the role of leaders in growing employee motivation in each department was less
than optimal. The role of leadership decisions in employee rotation and transfer is very dominant
without going through a job analysis assessment. The resulting impact of decreased work
motivation on job satisfaction and employee performance.
The purpose of this study is to prove and analyze the effect of:
1) The influence of transformational leadership has an effect on employee job satisfaction at
the head office of the National Yatim Mandiri Amil Zakat Institute Surabaya;
2) The influence of transformational leadership on employee performance at the head office
of the Yatim Mandiri National Amil Zakat Institute Surabaya;
3) The effect of work motivation on employee job satisfaction at the head office of the
National Amil Zakat Institute Yatim Mandiri Surabaya;
4) The effect of work motivation on employee performance at the head office of the Yatim
Mandiri National Amil Zakat Institute Surabaya;
5) The effect of job satisfaction on employee performance at the head office of the National
Yatim Mandiri Amil Zakat Institute Surabaya.