The effect of proactive personality, professionalism, and work engagement on performance among village midwives in neonatal complication management using the integrated management of childhood illness

Approximately 15% of newborns grow with neonatal complications. The percentage of neonatal complications in Probolinggo from 2015 to 2017 has not reached the target of 80%. The number of neonatal complications still achieved 68.68% of the minimum service standards target. This study analyzed the effect of proactive personality, professionalism, and work engagement on performance among village midwives in managing neonatal complications by using an integrated strategy management of childhood illness. Proportional random sampling was in use to collect 180 village midwives as the sample. The research was conducted in Probolinggo Primary Healthcare Center, Indonesia from March to May 2018. The data collected through questionnaires were analyzed with a linear regression. The results showed proactive personality influenced work engagement (p = 0.00). The higher the village midwives’ proactive personality is, the higher the level of work engagement is. Besides, professionalism influenced performance (p = 0.01). The higher the level of professionalism is, the higher the level of performance is. This study also revealed work engagement influenced performance (p = 0.00). The higher the level of work engagement is, the higher the level of performance is. However, proactive personality did not affect performance.