The Effect of Bureaucratic Simplification, Career Development and Work Culture on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction at the Regional Secretariat of Mojokerto Regency, East Java

This study examines the influence of bureaucratic simplification, career development, and work culture on job satisfaction and employee performance at the Regional Secretariat Office of Mojokerto Regency. The research aims to analyze: 1) the direct effects of bureaucratic simplification, career development, and work culture on job satisfaction and employee performance; 2) the mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationships between bureaucratic simplification, career development, work culture, and employee performance. The population consisted of 132 Civil Servants (PNS), with 111 civil servants selected as the sample based on specific criteria. Primary data was collected through Google Forms distributed to the respondents. The study used an explanatory research approach and data was analyzed using Smart Partial Least Squares (SPLS) to model the relationships. A t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The results show that bureaucratic simplification, career development, and work culture significantly affect job satisfaction. Career development significantly influences employee performance, while work culture and bureaucratic simplification did not have a direct effect on employee performance. Additionally, job satisfaction was found to significantly mediate the effect of bureaucratic simplification, career development, and work culture on employee performance. These findings suggest that improving job satisfaction can enhance the effects of organizational factors like career development and work culture on employee performance.