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EXOGENT FACTORS AT PT. METRO TARUNA JAKARTA THAT AFFECT EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

This study aims to determine the effect of training and work discipline as exogenous factors on employee
performance at PT Metro Taruna Jakarta. The 82 respondents as a sample and data analysis and process
techniques used are validity, reliability, descriptive analysis, normality test, multicollinearity test,
heteroscedasticity test, autocorrelation test, multiple linear regression analysis, simultaneous test,
coefficient test, and correlation coefficient of determination. Based on the results of data processing
Correlation and Determination Coefficients, the nature of the relationship between training, work
discipline and employee performance is affected, because the correlation coefficient is 0.910 and the
coefficient of determination r2 = 0.824 or 82.4%, meaning 82.4% variation or change in employee
performance variables is the contribution of the influence of training and work discipline variables, while
the remaining 17.6% is contributed by the influence of other factors such as compensation, workloads that
are not comparable to payments, lack of motivation, high levels of work stress, low levels of promotion and
others.

Determinants of e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia

Objectives
The aim of this study was to determine the predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors associated with electronic cigarette (ecigarette) use among high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Methods
This cross-sectional study took place in eight high schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. A total of 767 students were recruited by multistage
cluster random sampling. Bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses were employed to determine the associations between sociodemographic, predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors and e-cigarette use.
Results
Respondents were 54.1% male and the mean age was 16 years old [standard deviation (SD): 1.02]. In this sample, 32.2% of students (n
= 247) had ever used e-cigarettes and 11.8% of students were e-cigarette users (n = 90). Several measured factors were positively
associated with e-cigarette use, including: current smoking of conventional cigarettes [odds ratio (OR): 2.06]; perception that e-cigarettes
are less addictive than conventional cigarettes (OR: 1.98); perception that e-cigarettes do not cause cancer (OR: 2.38); parental
acceptance of e-cigarette use (OR: 3.80); and having enough money to buy e-cigarettes (OR: 3.24). The only variable found that was
negatively associated with e-cigarette use was teacher’s use of e-cigarettes (OR: 0.34).
Conclusions
This study found that student social influences, perceptions about and accessibility to e-cigarettes were significantly positively
associated with e-cigarette use among high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia. This study highlights the importance of educating
students, their parents and teachers regarding safety and potential health hazards of using e-cigarettes. Efforts to implement and
enforce youth access restrictions on e-cigarettes in Indonesia are crucial to preventing further uptake of these products.