Author(s): Khoirotul Idawati, Hanifudin Mahadun
This study aims to analyze the effects of emotional and spiritual intelligence on lecturers' performance, as well as the role of work motivation as an effect mediator. Furthermore, it explains the relationship between variables and the effect of mediation. The sample consists of 100 lecturers that were randomly selected from one of the private Islamic Higher Education in East Java. Data analysis was conducted using SMART-PLS and to explain the relationship between variables. The results showed that both emotional and spiritual intelligence have a direct effect on lecturer performance. Also, it was reported that work motivation mediates the effect of emotional and spiritual intelligence. Therefore, work motivation positively affects lecturer performance and plays an important role in mediating the effects of emotional and spiritual intelligence.