ABSTRACT
Employee performance is defined as the quality and amount of work or output achieved by employees per unit period of time in carrying out their duties in line with their responsibilities given. Employee performance is an important asset for organizations because it improves the quality of organizations, particularly government organizations prioritizing service aspects. Several factors that can increase the achievement of good performance are competence and good demographics of employees. Competence is employees’ ability in performing their duties and responsibilities with optimal results both from technical and non-technical perspectives. Meanwhile, demographics are characteristic that distinguish individuals, such as age, gender, education level and, years of service. This study aims at determining the influence of competence and demographics on employee performance. The population of this study involved all employees of the work unit of The Ministry of Religious Affairs of Sragen Regency, with Ministry Office employees and KUA employees as respondents. Employing non-probability sampling, 123 respondents were selected by using purposive sampling approach. Data were collected by distributing questionnaires, interviews and study of office documents. The study employed quantitative method with descriptive research purposes and the Structural Equation Model (SEM) - PLS was devised to analyze the data to get a clearer and detailed results of the influence of competence and demographics on employee performance at the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Sragen Regency.
