Leadership, Work Ethic and Organizational Commitment in Shaping Employee Achievement at Muhammadiyah Mahakarya Aceh University

This study aims to analyze how leadership and work ethic influence employee performance through organizational commitment as an intervening variable. The research location was conducted at Muhammadiyah University Mahakarya Aceh. The method used is a quantitative method using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach based on Partial Least Square (PLS). The population in this study were employees of Muhammadiyah University Mahakarya Aceh, the sampling method used saturated sampling where the entire population is a sample of 44 people who are educational staff. The results of the study indicate that leadership has a positive effect on work performance and leadership has a positive effect on organizational commitment, furthermore, work ethic also has a positive effect on work performance and work ethic has a positive effect on organizational commitment, in addition, organizational commitment also has a positive effect on work performance. However, organizational commitment has a negative effect on leadership and work ethic as intervening variables