ANALYSIS THE EFFECT OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE WITH WORKING DISCIPLINE AS INTERVENING VARIABLE (A CASE STUDY OF EMPLOYEE AT THE CULTURE AND TOURISM OFFICE SUNGAI PENUH CITY)

ABSTRACT: This study aims to determine the effect of reward and punishment on performance mediated bywork discipline of employee at the Culture and Tourism Office Sungai Penuh City.This research is motivated byviolations of regulations which are still considered to be normal, respect for achievement is still low, supportingfacilities and infrastructure are still lacking as a reason for not being disciplined,there is no initiative orcreativity for the progress of the agency because they feel the agency has not provided what is in accordancewith what the employees provide, and the performance of the agency and employees of the Culture and TourismOffice of Sungai Penuh City are unstable.The research method with a quantitative approach with the pathanalysis method.Data collection techniques with questionnaires, observation and interviews.The respondents ofthis study were 47 employees at the Culture and Tourism OfficeSungai Penuh City.The sampling method usesthe total sampling method, where the entire population in this study was made the research sample.Hypothesistesting is calculated with the IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program version 24.0.Theresults of this study found that reward has a significant effect on work discipline,punishment has a significanteffect on work discipline, work discipline has a significant effect on performance,reward has a significant effecton performance, punishment has a significant effect on performance,indirectly reward through work disciplinehas an insignificant effect on performance and indirectly punishment through work discipline has a significantinfluence on employee performance at the Culture and Tourism OfficeSungai Penuh City.

Keywords-reward; punishment; work discipline; employee performance;government employee