Key Success Factors the Implementation of Performance Measurement System for Lecturer: Evidence from Indonesia

Abstract: The phenomenon of low performance of university lecturers in Indonesia has led to the emergence of an initiative by universities to develop a performance measurement system for lecturers (PMSL). Any factor that becomes the key success to the policy for implementing the PMSL is still an interesting research gap to be studied further. For that reason, this study aimed to examine ethical leadership, organizational support, and participative decision-making policies as PMSL implementation determinants. The latter variable was also analyzed as an intervening variable. Using 203 data from a questionnaire completed by lecturers at Indonesian top private universities (accredited A and in possession of the internationalization program), we tested the hypothesis using Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. The results of this study indicated that there was a positive influence of ethical leadership, organizational support, and participative decision-making for the successful PMSL implementation. Moreover, participative decision-making also played a prominent role in making PMSL implementation a success, namely as an intervening variable. Further discussion is presented in this paper.

Key words: ethical leadership; organizational support; participative decision-making; performance measurement system

JEL codes: G38, H11, H61, H83