How Leadership Discipline, Compensation, and Motivation Enhance Employee Performance in the Event Organizer Industry: Evidence from Indonesia’s Emerging Economy

Abstract

Managing human resources is critical for service firms operating in Indonesia’s dynamic emerging economy. This study examines the partial and simultaneous effects of compensation, work motivation, and leadership discipline on employee performance at PT Duanama Integra, an Indonesian event organizer facing project delivery challenges. Utilizing a quantitative survey method with a saturated census sampling approach, primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire distributed to all 25 cross-functional employees. Data was executed using multiple linear regression analysis to evaluate the relationships between variables. The findings reveal that compensation, work motivation, and leadership discipline all exert positive and statistically significant effects on employee performance, both partially and simultaneously. Notably, leadership discipline holds the highest relative predictive weight, demonstrating that structured managerial accountability and supervisor-led compliance are absolute operational foundations for time-sensitive projects. Practically, these findings underscore that corporate leaders must implement an integrated human resource strategy ensuring payroll timeliness, clear career paths, and strict supervisory oversight to secure long-term organizational resilience.