Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh kepemimpinan partisipatif dan persepsi dukungan organisasi terhadap kinerja karyawan dengan keterlibatan karyawan sebagai variabel mediasi pada Optik Zolaris Kuningan. Secara lebih rinci, penelitian ini menguji pengaruh kepemimpinan partisipatif dan persepsi dukungan organisasi terhadap keterlibatan karyawan, pengaruh keduanya terhadap kinerja karyawan, serta pengaruh keterlibatan karyawan terhadap kinerja karyawan, termasuk pengaruh tidak langsung melalui variabel mediasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh karyawan Optik Zolaris Kuningan yang berjumlah 60 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan sampling jenuh, sehingga seluruh populasi dijadikan responden. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui kuesioner dengan skala Interval 1-10. Analisis data menggunakan uji validitas, uji reliabilitas, uji asumsi klasik, analisis jalur (path analysis), koefisien determinasi, uji t, serta uji Sobel dengan bantuan program SPSS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) kepemimpinan partisipatif berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap keterlibatan karyawan, 2) persepsi dukungan organisasi berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap keterlibatan karyawan, 3) kepemimpinan partisipatif berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan, 4) persepsi dukungan organisasi berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan, 5) keterlibatan karyawan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan, 6) keterlibatan karyawan mampu memediasi pengaruh kepemimpinan partisipatif terhadap kinerja karyawan, dan 7) keterlibatan karyawan mampu memediasi pengaruh persepsi dukungan organisasi terhadap kinerja karyawan.
Kata Kunci : Kepemimpinan Partisipatif, Persepsi Dukungan Organisasi, Keterlibatan Karyawan, Kinerja Karyawan

This study aimed to analyze the influence of participative leadership and perceived organizational support on employee performance with employee engagement as a mediating variable at Optik Zolaris Kuningan. Specifically, this study examined the effect of participative leadership and perceived organizational support on employee engagement, their effect on employee performance, and the effect of employee engagement on employee performance, including indirect effects through the mediating variable. This study employed a quantitative approach. The population consisted of all 60 employees of Optik Zolaris Kuningan. A saturated sampling technique was used, in which the entire population was selected as respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires using a 1–10 interval scale. Data analysis techniques included validity test, reliability test, classical assumption test, path analysis, coefficient of determination, t-test, and Sobel test using SPSS software. The results indicated that: 1) participative leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee engagement, 2) perceived organizational support has a positive and significant effect on employee engagement, 3) participative leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, 4) perceived organizational support has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, 5) employee engagement has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, 6) employee engagement mediated the influence of participative leadership on employee performance, and 7) employee engagement mediated the influence of perceived organizational support on employee performance.

Keywords: Participative Leadership, Perceived Organizational Support, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance.