Grand mosques’ employee performance in gerbangkertosusila region of East Java

This study aims to determine employees’ perception on the effect of leadership and system of Islamic compensation, Islamic work environment, faith and devotion to work motivation and employee performance of grand mosques in cities of Gersik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Surabaya, Sidoarjo and Lamongan (Gerbangkertosusila), East Java Indonesia. The population of this study are employees from 11 grand mosques in Gerbangkertosusila region. Data analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results shows that: 1) Employee perceptions about Islamic leadership have a positive and significant impact on employee performance through employee work motivation. 2) Employee perce ptions about Islamic compensation system ha ve positive but not significant effect on performance through employee work motivation. 3) Islamic work environment has a positive and significant effect on employee performance through employee work motivation. 4) Faith and devotion have a positi ve and si gnificant effect on employee performance through employee work motivation. The results of this study indicate that work motivation can serve a s an intervening variable to mediate the influence of Islamic leadership, Islamic work environment and faith and d evotion on the performance of employees of large mosques in Gerbangkertosusila region of East Java.