This study aims to analyze the influence of digital leadership, digital competence, and self-efficacy on employee performance and examine the role of work engagement in mediating this relationship among employees at village offices throughout Tegal City. The study population was all village employees in Tegal City, with a sample size of 265 respondents determined using a census sampling technique. This study employed a quantitative approach with a survey method through questionnaire distribution. Data analysis was performed using Partial Least Squares (PLS)-based Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the assistance of SmartPLS software, which included testing the measurement model (outer model) and the structural model (inner model). The results showed that digital leadership had no direct effect on employee performance, digital competence had a positive effect on employee performance, self-efficacy had a positive effect on employee performance, digital leadership had a positive effect on work engagement, digital competence had no effect on work engagement, self-efficacy had a positive effect on work engagement, and work engagement had a positive effect on employee performance. Furthermore, work engagement mediates the influence of digital leadership and self-efficacy on employee performance, but fails to mediate the influence of digital competence on employee performance.
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