The Influence of Community Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, and Organization Learning on Performance of MSMEs South Minahasa Regency-Indonesia

Abstract

The aims of this research are to analyze the influence of ( l) Community Empowerment on the performance of MSMEs (2) Leaming organization on the performance of MSMEs (3) Community Empowerment on Orgarizational Comrnitment (4) Lea.milg Organization on Commitment. This research used Quanritative method by involving 354 samples comprising the owners {for variable of the performance ofMSMEs) and employees (for variable of leaming organization. community empowerment and organizational commitment). This researph was conducted at MSMEs in I 7 drstricts of South Minahasa Regency. Data analysis technique used is SEM (structural equation modeling) and the CFA test (Confirmatory Analysis factor). Models were tested by comparing the model alignment criteria.The results of the research show that four variables are directly significant or proven to be influential. Those variables are: {1} Community Empowerment fo tlre performanrc of MSMEs {2) Learning Organization directly influences the performance of MSMEs {3) Cornmunity Empowerment directly influences Organizational Commitment (4) Lea-rning Organization to Organizational Commitment. Exogenous variables fleamrng organization, community empowelment) are proved to have an impact on the performance of MSMEs. The findings in this study lead to the need fcr the development of economic education curriculum such as training, as weil as mentoring process, as an effort to improve human resorrces.