<![CDATA[This research examines the extent to which staff competency impacts work productivity levels within the Regional Secretariat of Manado City, primarily to support regional cooperation initiatives. A quantitative approach with a causal-associative design was implemented. The research population encompassed all 162 staff members of the institution, from which 100 respondents were selected as samples utilizing a purposive sampling technique. Data collection methods involved direct observation, Likert-scale questionnaires, and documentation studies. The data analysis procedures incorporated descriptive statistics, validity and reliability tests, classical assumption verifications, simple linear regression, the coefficient of determination (), and t-tests for hypothesis validation. Descriptive findings indicate that both competence and performance levels among employees fall into high and excellent categories. The simple linear regression computation generated the equation , denoting a positive linear correlation where improvements in competency directly elevate employee output. Furthermore, the t-test yielded a calculated -statistic of 58.870 with a significance level of , leading to the rejection of the null hypothesis () and the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis (). This empirically confirms that competence exerts a robust, positive, and significant influence on employee performance. Additionally, the determination coefficient () of 0.972 signifies that 97.2% of performance variance is accounted for by the competency variable, leaving the remaining 2.8% influenced by external factors outside this model.]]>
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