The Effect of Proactive Personality, Professionalism, and Work Engagement on Performance among Village Midwives in Neonatal Complication Management Using the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

Abstract

Approximately 15% of newborns grow with neonatal complications. The percentage of neonatal
complications in Probolinggo from 2015 to 2017 has not reached the target of 80%. The number of neonatal
complications still achieved 68.68% of the minimum service standards target.
This study analyzed the effect of proactive personality, professionalism, and work engagement on
performance among village midwives in managing neonatal complications by using an integrated strategy
management of childhood illness. Proportional random sampling was in use to collect 180 village midwives
as the sample. The research was conducted in Probolinggo Primary Healthcare Center, Indonesia from
March to May 2018. The data collected through questionnaires were analyzed with a linear regression.
The results showed proactive personality influenced work engagement (p = 0.00). The higher the village
midwives’ proactive personality is, the higher the level of work engagement is. Besides, professionalism
influenced performance (p = 0.01). The higher the level of professionalism is, the higher the level of
performance is. This study also revealed work engagement influenced performance (p = 0.00). The higher
the level of work engagement is, the higher the level of performance is. However, proactive personality did
not affect performance.