Journal of Digital Economy and Management Practices
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)

Organizational Culture, Leadership, and Performance: Testing Employee Engagement as a Mediation

Irma Safitra (Universitas Mercu Buana)
Mafizatun Nurhayati (Universitas Mercu Buana)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Mar 2026

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of organizational culture and transactional leadership on employee performance with employee engagement as a mediating variable. The research was conducted at PT. Kreasi Hexa Indonesia, an outsourching service provider located in Bekasi, Indonesia. This study employed a quantitative approach. Data were collected through questionnaires distributed to 150 respondents as the research sample. The data were then analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) to examine both direct and indirect causal relationship among the studied variables. The findings reveal that organizational culture and transactional leadership have a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Furthermore, employee engagement was found to serve as a partial mediator, strengthening indirect impact of organizational culture and transactional leadership on performance improvement. These result suggest that managerial practices not only exert a direct influence on performance but also operate through the psychological mechanism of employee engagement with their work and organization. The novelty of this study lies in its empirical evidence from the Indonesian outsourcing sector, demonstrating that employee engagement functions as a strategic psychological mechanism linking organizational culture, leadership practices, and employee engagement strategies in order to achieve sustainable performance improvement.  

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijdemp

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

International Journal of Management and Digital Busines (IJMDB) is Open Access journal that aims to publish original research articles, reviews, and reports on the digitalization of business and management, how digital technologies can innovate the business, and what this means for the future of ...