THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATION AND TEACHING, RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LECTURERS WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AS INTERVENING VARIABLES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN TIMOR LESTE

Abstract

This research aims to analyze influence of education and teaching, research, and community service on lecturer performance at a B-accredited Private Higher Education Institute in Timor Leste. This research also examines the mediating role of emotional intelligence and transformational leadership. The decline in lecturer performance that occurred in 2023 is the main background of this study. This quantitative study utilize survey using questionnaire. The research sample consisted of 408 lecturers from three B-accredited universities in Timor Leste, selected using purposive sampling techniques and the Slovin formula. Data were analyzed with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with a Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach. The findings showed teaching and education, community service, and research have a significant and positive influence toward emotional intelligence and transformational leadership. Directly, research has a significant effect toward lecturer performance, but teaching and education, and community service do not. However, the mediating role of emotional intelligence and transformational leadership proved significant in linking these three aspects of lecturer competency to lecturer performance. Improving the performance of lecturers in private universities in Timor Leste can be achieved through the development of emotional intelligence and transformational leadership, which are important factors in translating lecturers' basic competencies into optimal performance.