Abstract:
This study has the objectives to test and analyze the effect of individual characteristic
and organizational culture toward organization commitment of employees at PT. Bank Bukopi n Tbk.
Makassar Branch Office, also to analyze the direct and indirect effect toward employee’s
performance. PT. Bank Bukopin Tbk. Makassar Branch Office is very attentive toward its
employee’s individual characteristic with indicator locus of control and authoritarianism in several
activities. The same goes for organizational culture variable with dominant indicator of individual
initiative, by developing 5 (five) basic values which become the core of firm cultural development,
that are 1) Profesionalism, 2) Respect Others, 3) Integrity, 4) Dedicated to Customer, and 5)
Excellence which abbreviated as PRIDE which means being proud or having pride. Study unit of
this paper is employees in PT Bank Bukopin Tbk Makassar Branch Office with population 280
employees. Respondent as sample in this study is 74 employees. Sample determination was using
purposive sampling technique. Analysis method used to test hypotheses was variance -based
Structural Equation Model (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS3) program. Result of this study
revealed that there is effect of individual characteristic, organizational culture toward organization
commitment. This study’s result also showed that there is direct and indirect effect of individual
characteristic and organizational culture toward employee’s performance enhancement, which is
mediated by organization commitment.
