| This study aimed to examine the effect of the Performance Appraisal Process to Job Satisfaction with Motivation as Intervening Variable in PT Kompas Media Nusantara (KMN). In general the process of Performance Appraisal consists of four parts: planning, implementation, measurement and review. According to some studies, the performance appraisal process has an influence on employee job satisfaction. The performance appraisal process is conditioned as an independent variable, motivation as mediating variables and job satisfaction as the dependent variable. To test the effect, researcher conducted a study towards employees at PT KMN by distributing questionnaires to 255 employees of a total of 707 employees who have been following the performance appraisal. Sampling was done by cluster random sampling so that each unit or units represented elements of the population have an equal chance to be selected as a sample by using Microsoft Excel. The results of this study revealed a positive and significant influence between performance appraisal process (planning, implementation, measurement and review) to motivation and job satisfaction. The direct effect on planning process to job satisfaction is greater than the indirect effect through motivation as intervening variable, then the intervening variable is negligible. Implementation of the implementation and measurement ratings have no significant effect on job satisfaction. |