ABSTRACT

The quality of human resources in an organization is a measure of the success of the organization in achieving organizational. In terms of improving organizational performance, leadership and the need for achievement are two of the improvement factors. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of intellectual spiritual leadership on the need for achievement and performance of Islamic Cooperative organizations in East Java, and afterwards, to develop a model implementing the intellectual spiritual leadership. The population in this study are the managers of Islamic cooperatives in East Java. The sample in this study are 104 managers from Islamic Banks. The hypotheses are then tested using multivariate analysis with SEM using AMOS software. The analysis shows that the Intellectual Spiritual Leadership variable affects the Organizational Performance variable on Islamic cooperatives in East Java. In addition, the forementioned variable also influences the need for achievement variable. Furthermore, the need for achievement variable influences the Organizational Performance. This article proposes a human resource implementation model that shows that many external elements trigger an increase in the need for achievement and intellectual spiritual leadership in an effort to improve the performance of human resources. In addition, intellectual spiritual leadership can increase the need for individual achievement.

KEY WORDS : Intellectual spiritual leadership, need for achievement, organizational performance