Implementation of Remuneration Policy and Its Effect on Lecturer Performance at Mulawarman University

Abstract

The urgency of this research is expected to provide practical benefits, to provide answers to problems that arise in the implementation of remuneration policy and its effect on lecturer performance in Mulawarman University, Samarinda, East Kalimantan Province. This research uses a combination of methods with concurrent triangulation design through interviews with key informants from the remuneration team and faculty leaders, distributing questionnaires to lecturers and searching documents. The research results showed that the implementation of the remuneration policy at the Mulawarman University had not been carried out properly because there was no in-depth understanding of a number of elements that actually needed to work in harmony which was marked by interactions between implementers, implementing capacity in reality, information delivery strategies or socialization and organizational capacity. However, the main reason that inhibits the implementation of remuneration at Mulawarman University is the lack of adequate time and funding resources. In addition, the purpose of the remuneration policy at Mulawarman University in the implementation process is unclear due to the tendency of changes in the policy concept of the authorities that are influenced by differences in interests, which causes the implementation of the policy to be a trial and error practice due to the creation of an organizational framework that is not mutually supported. The initial objective to create better welfare and fairness of the performance of the remuneration allowance recipients was not yet in accordance with the performance measurement itself. With regard to these conditions, the implementation of the remuneration policy at Mulawarman University has not yet gained full trust from the policy targets (lecturers), although some policy targets created cognitive dissonance where their performance is not affected by financial motivation through the remuneration policy applied.