THE EFFECT OF COMPETENCY AND COMPENSATION ON RESEARCH PERFORMANCE OF LECTURERS AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN MEDAN

Abstract

One of the most important factors in creating quality education in higher education is lecturers. Lecturers are professional educators and scientists with the main task of transforming, developing, and disseminating science, technology, and art through education, research, and community service called the Tri Dharma of Higher Education. In addition to teaching in the classroom, lecturers are also required to conduct research as one of the tridharma tasks of higher education. Many factors affect lecturer's research performance. Competence and compensation factors are considered to be important factors that affect lecturer's research performance.

Purpose : To analyze the effect of competence and compensation on the research performance of lecturers at private universities in Medan.

Methodology : This study uses a descriptive associative approach with the object of research is a permanent lecturer at a private university in the city of Medan. The test is done by using multiple linear regression test by first testing the classical assumption, then partially testing the hypothesis (t-test) and simultaneously (f-test). After that, look for the coefficient of determination to see how much the percentage of variance of the independent variable affects the dependent variable.

Findings : Competence and compensation factors, either partially or simultaneously, have a positive and significant effect on lecturer's research performance.

Paper Type : Research Article

Keywords : Competence; Compensation; Lecturer Research Performance