Does Motivation Mediate the Effects of Employee Staff Empowerment, Talent, Working Environment, and Career Development on Staff Performance?

This study aims to empirically examine the mediated effect of motivation on the influences of staff empowerment, talent, working environment, and career development on performance of public officers of the Aceh government, Indonesia. 390 questionnaires were distributed to all staff of Aceh's governor office and analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM) approach. The study documented that staff empowerment, talent, working environment, and career development significantly influenced both motivation and staff performance. Additionally, the study found that motivation significantly mediated the effects of staff empowerment, talent, working environment, and career development on the performance of public officers of the Aceh government, Indonesia. These findings implied that any efforts to improve the staff performance, it should be focused on the enhancement of staff motivation by providing conducive working environment, professional staff empowerment, talent, and career development schemes.