The Effect of Growth Opportunity and Innovation on Job Satisfaction through Employee Engagement in Sabang City Regional Secretariat

Febri Nugraha Prasetia*, Nurdasila, & Ahmad Nizam
Management Department, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia
DOI- http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2022.5505

Abstract

This study examines the effect of growth opportunity and innovation on job satisfaction through employee engagement in Sabang city regional secretariat. The objects of this research are growth opportunities, innovation, employee engagement, and job satisfaction. The structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis research through Amos statistics software was used to test the data. Result proves that growth opportunity, innovation, engagement, and satisfaction of the Sabang City Regional Secretariat employees have been going well, Growth opportunity affects employee engagement, innovation affects employee engagement, growth opportunity affects employee satisfaction, innovation affects satisfaction, engagement affects employee satisfaction, Growth opportunity affects satisfaction through engagement, and Innovation affects satisfaction through engagement. The result also explains the engagement acts as a partial mediator. So, the model of satisfaction improvement in the Sabang City Regional Secretariat is the functions of growth opportunity improvement, innovation improvement, and strengthening the engagement of their employee.

Keywords: Growth Opportunity, Innovation, Employee Engagement, and Job Satisfaction

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