Multidimensional Leadership and Public Employee Performance: Empirical Evidence from Leadership Transition in Indonesian Local Government

This study aims to examine the effects of leadership style, leadership transition, leadership policy implementation, leadership effectiveness, and leadership transformation on employee performance at the Curahdami District Office, Bondowoso Regency. The study employed a quantitative approach with an explanatory research design. The population consisted of all 45 employees of the Curahdami District Office. A census (total sampling) technique was applied, whereby all members of the population were included as research respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using multiple linear regression with SPSS. The results indicate that leadership style, leadership transition, leadership policy implementation, leadership effectiveness, and leadership transformation have positive and significant effects on employee performance. Leadership transformation emerged as the most dominant predictor of employee performance. The Adjusted R² value of 0.735 indicates that 73.5% of the variance in employee performance can be explained by the leadership variables included in the research model. Practically, the findings provide insights for public sector organizations in strengthening leadership capacity to improve service quality and employee performance. Theoretically, this study reinforces Transformational Leadership Theory in explaining employee performance within government organizations.