Paper Title
Motivation as Mediator Variable of Core Self Evaluations to Auditors Performance
Abstract
The Supreme Audit Agency (SAR) as one of the State representatives that has duty as an external auditor, is also inseparable from the public's spotlight. The SAR auditors are tasked to examine the management and responsibility of state finance freely and independently. The auditor performance can be seen through actions or implementation of the tasks that have been completed by the auditor in a certain period measured with its quality, quantity, and punctuality. The performance of an individual is inseparable from his personality.CSE is kind ofpersonality that considered capable of being used to understand and predict attitudes and behaviors in the workplace. Individuals with positive self-evaluation will be more effective in overcoming obstacles, using better problem-solving strategies.Individuals with high CSE will have a higher motivation to complete a job. The higher the motivation of work that was owned by individuals, the higher the desire to achieve higher achievement. When an individual has a high desire to achieve an achievement, it will contribute to improving performance. The research instrument test was carried out by testing the validity and reliability. The hypothesis was testing using path analysis techniques.The results showed that CSE variables had a significant effect on auditor motivation and had a significant effect on auditor performances. Motivational variables have a significant effect on auditor performance. Motivational variables are not able to mediate between CSE and performance, because having a greater direct influence than the indirect influence.
Keywords - Core Self Evaluations, Motivation, and Auditors Performance