Employee performance through the love language in the workplace
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Simple Regression Analysis, Employee Performance, Love LanguageAbstract
In the era of globalization and increasingly fierce business competition, organizations and companies need to look for innovative ways to improve the performance of their employees. Optimal employee performance not only has an impact on productivity, but also has a direct effect on the company's success. In this context, the concept of love language can be an innovative approach to improving interpersonal relationships in the workplace and, ultimately, employee performance. This research explores the effect of implementing love language in the workplace on employee performance. The concept of love language includes five main forms, namely words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. This study highlights how each form of love language can be applied in the work environment and its impact on employee motivation, job satisfaction and performance. The sample used was 384 respondents with the sampling method used was simple random sampling. This research uses simple regression analysis techniques. The research results found that the application of love language in the workplace has a positive influence on employee performance. In addition, this research considers the Indonesian cultural context in the application of love language in the workplace.
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