The Impact of Leadership, Integrity, and Performance on Compliance in Regional Apparatus Organizations with Organizational Commitment as an Intervening Variable

Abstract

Purpose: This study examines how leadership, integrity, and performance affect compliance among employees of Regional Apparatus Organizations in the local government of Karimun Regency, and whether organizational commitment mediates these relationships.

Methodology: A quantitative survey design was used. Primary data were collected from 105 civil servants at Echelon II, III, and IV positions across regional apparatus organizations, selected using the Slovin formula from a population of 320 employees.

Results: Integrity and performance had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment and, in the case of performance, also on compliance directly, while leadership showed no significant direct effect on either organizational commitment or compliance. Organizational commitment had a strong positive effect on compliance and significantly mediated the effect of integrity and performance on compliance, but did not mediate the effect of leadership on compliance.

Conclusions: Compliance in this local government setting is driven mainly by employees' integrity and performance operating through organizational commitment, rather than by leadership alone.

Limitations: The study was confined to structural positions within one regency and relied on an online, self reported questionnaire, which may limit generalizability and introduce response bias.

Contributions: The findings offer regional inspectorates and local government managers practical guidance on strengthening organizational commitment as a lever for improving compliance with
audit and administrative recommendations.