The Role of Organizational Commitment in Mediating The Relationship Between Competence and Organizational Culture with Teachers Performance

The aim of this research was to examine the effect of competence on organizational commitment, the effect of organizational culture on organizational commitment, the effect of competence on teachers performance, the effect of organizational culture on teachers performance, the effect of competence through organizational commitment to teachers performance, and the effect of organizational culture through organizational commitment to teachers performance. This explanatory research explains the relationship between the variables studied. The population in this study were 364 junior high school science teachers in Jember Regency and 150 teachers were taken as samples. The data collection method used is a questionnaire with a Likert scale. The data analysis method used in this study is a structural equation model using SEM-AMOS and an indirect effect analysis using the Sobel test. The results of this study indicate that competence has a significant effect on organizational commitment, organizational culture has a significant effect on organizational commitment, competence has a significant effect on teachers performance, organizational culture has no significant effect on teachers performance, competence has no significant effect on organizational commitment on teachers performance, and organizational culture does not significant effect through organizational commitment to teachers performance.