The role of job satisfaction mediates the relationship between compensation and career development on work motivation

ABSTRACT: This study aims to determine the mediating role of job satisfaction in compensation and careerdevelopment on employee work motivation at Puri Saron Hotel Seminyak. This research was conducted on allemployees of Puri Saron Hotel. The number of samples in this study amounted to 65 respondents. Datacollection was carried out by means of a questionnaire. Analysis of the data in the study using path analysis.The results in this study indicate that compensation has a positive and significant effect on employeeengagement, career development has a positive and significant effect on employee motivation, compensation hasa positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, career development has a positive and significant effect onjob satisfaction, job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect. on work motivation, job satisfaction is ableto mediate the compensation variable to work motivation, job satisfaction is able to mediate the careerdevelopment variable to work motivation.

Keywords -Job Satisfaction, Compensation, Career Development, Work Motivation