The Effect of Transformational Leadership and Work Stress on Organizational Commitment and Employee Performance in the Faculty of Pharmacy Mulawarman University Samarinda

ABSTRACT : Employee performance issues, especially in educational institutions such as universities, cannot be separated from employee problems and their performance, be it work discipline, decreasing work productivity, lack of motivation, low quality of human resources and various other performance problems. Problems related to employee performance indicate that there is a decrease in performance or the level of employee work productivity is less efficient and tends to experience problems. This is also influenced by the obstacles faced related to leadership, namely the lack of communication between leaders and their employees, so that the policies implemented are less effective, in addition to causing minor conflicts between employees, and the ineffectiveness of managing organizational change because resource support is not optimal, both computer facilities and human resources. The type of quantitative research, with a population and sample of 78 people, all of whom are employees at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mulawarman University, Samarinda. Data collection techniques through observation and questionnaires. The data analysis technique uses Smart PLS. The results of the study show that 1) Transformational leadership has a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment; 2) Work stress does not have a significant effect on organizational commitment; 3) Transformational leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee performance; 4) Work stress does not affect organizational commitment; and 5) Organizational commitment has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the variables of transformational leadership and organizational commitment mutually influence employee performance, while the variable of work stress has no effect on employee commitment and performance at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mulawarman University, Samarinda.

KEYWORDS – Transformational Leadership, Work Stress, Organizational Commitment, Employee Performance