The Mediating Role of Job Performance in the Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention

This study aims to determine the extent of the effect of job satisfaction on job performance, job performance on turnover intention, job satisfaction through job performance on turnover intention, of employees of SMEs in West Sumatra Province. This research is a quantitative research. The population in this study ware all employees of SMEs in West Sumatra Province. The sample in this study amounted to 220 respondents. Data collected through the distribution of questionnaires to respondents who were spread throughout the SMEs in West Sumatra Province with data analysis by SEM Partial Least Square. The results obtained job satisfaction has a significant effect on job performance, job performance has a negative and significant effect on turnover intention, job satisfaction through job performance has a negative and significant effect on turnover intention, employees of SMEs in West Sumatra Province.