THE INFLUENCE OF SKILLS, WORK STRESS, COMMUNICATION, AND MOTIVATION OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE TO PT. MERAK JAYA BETON IN DISTRICTS MOJOKERTO

This study aims to analyze the effect of skills, work stress, communication, and motivation on the performance of the employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton Mojokerto. The total sample of the study amounted to 55 people. The variables used are skills, work stress, communication, and motivation as independent variables and employee performance as the dependent variable. Data collection was carried out by questionnaire and then analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis methods. Hypothesis testing used is the simultaneous significance test (F-test) and partial significance test (T-test). The results of the F test of this study indicate that the variable of skills (X1), work stress (X2), communication (X3), and motivation (X4) simultaneously influence employee performance. While the T test shows the variable of skills (X1), work stress (X2), communication (X3) have no partial effect on employee performance, while the motivation variable (X4) has a partial effect on employee performance.


PRELIMINARY
With the increasingly rapid development of science and technology and the arrival of the current free era, the business world is increasingly affected by intense competition and causes various kinds of problems, one of the problems faced by companies is how to improve good performance and meet standards. One factor that should not be overlooked by companies in the human resource factor. Human resources within the company are very important for running the wheels of the company to achieve its goals.
HR is a very strategic and important resource among other sources. However, the abundance of resources without the support of qualified human resources will disrupt the sustainability of the company. Quality human resources can be seen from the results of their performance. In a professional framework, good performance is how employees can demonstrate performance that

FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM
Based on the background of the problem above, the problem can be formulated as follows: 1) How do skills, job stress, communication, and motivation influence employee performance at PT. Merak Jaya Beton partially? 2) How do skills, job stress, communication, and motivation influence employee performance at PT. Merak Jaya Beton simultaneously? 3) Of the variables skills, job stress, communication, and motivation, which variable is more dominant?

RESEARCH PURPOSES
Based on the formulation of the problem above, the writing objectives to be achieved are as follows: 1) To find out how skills, job stress, communication, and motivation influence the performance of employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton partially. 2) To find out how skills, job stress, communication, and motivation influence the performance of employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton simultaneously. 3) To find out from the variable skills, job stress, communication, and motivation which is more dominant.

Skills
Skills are individual things. Each individual will have different skill levels depending on their abilities and experience. Job skills have great benefits for individuals, companies, and society. For individuals, work skills can increase their performance so that they have remuneration for their achievements.
According to Wahyudi (2018: 33) skills are skills or expertise to do a job only obtained in practice, these work skills can be grouped into three categories, namely mental skills, physical skills, and social skills.

Job Stress
According to Robbins in his book organizational behavior (2016: 793), job stress is "a dynamic condition in which individuals face opportunities, constraints, or demands related to what they want and the results are perceived as uncertain but important". Meanwhile, according to Hasibuan (2017: 201) in his book entitled human resource management, he states that "work stress is a condition of human dependence that affects emotions, the thinking process of a person. People who are under stress become nervous and experience chronic conditions ".

Communication
The term communication comes from Latin, which is communication which means notification or exchange. Its character is communication which means general or together. According to Joko Purwanto (2016: 10), there are three main elements of the definition of communication, namely as follows: 1) Communication is defined as a process, 2) Delivery of information, meaning, and understanding, 3) Includes both human and nonhuman aspects So the definition or definition of communication is a process of transferring or conveying ideas, hopes, warnings, and messages conveyed through the process, containing meaning to make someone understand.

Motivation
Motivation comes from the word Movere which means to move. Motivation is a desire in someone that causes that person to take action, so motivation is a driving force that leads to goals. People who have high motivation usually have good performance (Sudrajad: 2018). According to Rivai and Sagala (2018: 838) there are three sources of motivation, namely: (1) the possibility to develop, (2) the type of work, and (3) whether they can feel proud to be part of the company where they work. Research Framework skills, job stress, communication, and motivation have a role in improving employee performance. the company can carry out its activities on an ongoing basis to achieve predetermined goals. thus, the lower the employee's stress level and the better the skills, communication, and motivation, the better the employee's performance. To provide an overview of the research studied, the researchers formulated the following framework: Hypothesis "Hypotheses are developed from theoretical analysis as temporary answers to problems or research questions that require empirical testing." (Sugiono, 2016: 51). The hypothesis formulated in this study are: Hypothesis 1: Skills, job stress, communication, and motivation partially influence the performance of employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton Mojokerto. Hypothesis 2: Skills, work stress, communication, and motivation simultaneously influence the performance of employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton Mojokerto.

RESEARCH METHODS
The research was conducted at PT. Merak Jaya Beton, Mojokerto branch in Bulaksempu Hamlet, Gebangsari Jatirejo Village, Mojokerto, East Java. The population in this study is unlimited. The population in this study were all employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton, amounting to 55 people. The data collection procedure using a questionnaire is a data collection technique by providing a list of questions to the respondent in the hope that the respondent will respond to the questions in the questionnaire. In this questionnaire, a closed question model will be used, namely the form of questions that have been accompanied by alternative answers beforehand, so that the respondent can choose one of the alternative answers. In this study, the answers given by consumers are then scored by referring to the Likert scale. With this scale, researchers can find out how the response is given by each respondent. The questionnaire to be given to the respondent will be accompanied by alternative answers given a score of 5 strongly agree, number 4 agrees, number 3 disagrees, number 2 disagrees, number 1 strongly disagrees for all variables.

Validity Test
According to Ghozali (2016), the validity test is used to measure whether a questionnaire is valid or not. A questionnaire is declared valid when the questions on the questionnaire can reveal something that will be measured by the questionnaire.

Reliability Test
Furthermore, because all the items turned out to be valid, then it was forwarded to the reliability test, with steps that were almost the same as the validity test.

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
Akdon (2017: 197) explains that "Regression or forecasting is a process of systematically estimating what is most likely to happen in the future based on past and present information so that errors can be minimized. Hypothesis testing is done using SPSS. The researcher analyzed the data using multiple linear regression analysis to test the proposed hypothesis. This data analysis technique aims to measure the influence between two or more research variables.

Reliability Test
Reliability is an instrument that can be trusted enough to be used as a data collection tool because the instrument is good (Arikunto, 2016). All question items used as research variable instruments have a Cronbach Alpha> 0.6. The reliability criterion can also be measured if the Cronbach Alpha is above 0.6 so that all of them can be declared reliable, meaning that they have a good level of consistency and are reliable for reuse at different times.

Results of Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
Multiple linear regression analysis between variable X against variable Y can be transformed in the following equation model: Merak Jaya Beton will increase by 0.001 with the assumption that the other independent variables are fixed. e. Motivation regression coefficient b3 = 0.693, this shows that the motivation variable has a positive effect on the performance of employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton or in other words, if the motivation variable is increased by one unit, the employee performance of PT. Merak Jaya Beton will increase by 0.693 assuming that the other independent variables are fixed. To find out the independent variable which has the most dominant influence on the variable, it can be seen from the standardized coefficient betta, the figure obtained from the standardized coefficient betta is the actual degree of influence between the dependent variables, meaning that the variation or change in the dependent variable can be explained by the independent variable of its coefficient of determination. From table 1.5, there is a relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable on the performance of employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton is the biggest motivation variable (X_4) with a standardized beta coefficient of 0.577 which means variations or changes in the performance of PT. Merak Jaya Beton can be explained by the motivation variable (X_4) which shows the smallest probability, namely p = 0.000 <0.05, which means that the motivation variable (X_4) has a dominant influence when compared to other variables. Based on the full regression approach partially it was found that the motivation variable (X_4) had a dominant influence on the employee performance of PT. Merak Jaya Beton.

Conclusion
Based on the results of the discussion from the previous chapter, and the proposed hypothesis, some conclusions can be made as follows: 1. Based on the hypothesis test, it was found that skills, job stress, communication, and motivation together (simultaneously) influence the performance of the employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton, so the hypothesis proposed in this study is accepted. 2. The partial test shows that skills (X1), job stress (X2), and communication (X3) have no partial effect on employee performance. While motivation (X4) partially affects the performance of employees of PT. Merak Jaya Beton.