Abstract
This study examines the effect of employee mutation on anxiety and productivity in the new workplace of educational staff at UIN Palopo. This study aims to determine the effect of mutation on anxiety, the effect of mutation on productivity, and the relationship between anxiety and productivity among educational staff at UIN Palopo. This research employed a quantitative approach with a causal associative design. The sample consisted of 65 educational staff. Data were collected using a Likert-scale questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive and inferential statistics with the assistance of IBM SPSS Statistics. The results showed that mutation had a positive and significant effect on employee anxiety, with a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05 and a coefficient of determination of 48%. Mutation also had a positive and significant effect on productivity, with a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05 and a coefficient of determination of 43%. Meanwhile, the correlation between anxiety and productivity was 0.198 with a significance value of 0.114 > 0.05, indicating that the relationship was not significant. Therefore, mutation had an effect on anxiety and productivity, while anxiety did not have a significant relationship with the productivity of educational staff at UIN Palopo.
