Jurnal Pariwisata Pesona
Vol 7, No 1 (2022): Edisi Juni 2022

Leadership dimension: increasing employee satisfaction and engagement in travel industry

Nova Eviana (Akademi Pariwisata Indonesia Jakarta)
Rudhi Achmadi (Akademi Pariwisata Indonesia Jakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Jun 2022

Abstract

Employee engagement becomes one of the most important driving factors in the success of business processes because it can provide high motivation for the employees' positive behavior and support the achievement of the travel company goals. Positive behavior includes striving to provide the best service and ensure consumer satisfaction. Various studies explain the relationship of employee engagement with leadership and employee satisfaction factors. This study aims to analyze the effect of leadership and employee satisfaction on fostering employee engagement. The research instrument used questionnaires as a data-gathering tool. About 77 travel agency employees participated as respondents based on accidental sampling techniques. Data analysis used SEM-PLS with Smart PLS software. The results showed that leadership affects  employee satisfaction and engagement. Leadership having fair behavior and being accommodative to the employees’ needs and interests will foster employee satisfaction, which ultimately affects employees engagement. Therefore, it is important for the company to improve the leadership factor

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpp

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Pariwisata Pesona (JPP), is a scientific periodical journal of Diploma of Tourism, University of Merdeka Malang, which includes a variety of research in the field of tourism and hospitality, the analysis of actual case studies, or ideas related to the actual tourism and hospitality studies. ...