Since the reform era in Indonesia in 1998, there has been a change in leadership patterns and services of the state apparatus to the community. In addition, with the enactment of Law No. 22 of 1999 concerning Regional Autonomy and Law No. 32 of 2004 concerning the Regional Government, the community service system is carried out in a decentralized manner and adapted to the local wisdom applicable in each region.This study aims to prove and analyze the influence of personal characteristics, local culture, charismatic leadership on work ethic, organizational commitment and performance of village officials on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province. The sample of this study is a village apparatus on the island of Lombok with 140 people obtained based on the proportional random sampling. The collected data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Version 19 using the AMOS 20.01. The results of hypothesis testing come to conclusions: (1) personal characteristics have a significant effect on work ethic, (2) personal characteristics have a significant effect both on organizational commitment and performance of village officials, (3) local culture has no significant effect on work ethic, (4) local culture has a significant effect on organizational commitment and the performance of village officials, (5) charismatic leadership has a significant effect on work ethic, (6) organizational commitment, performance of village officials, and work ethic have a significant effect on organizational performance and commitment of village officials, and (7) organizational commitment has a significant effect on apparatus performance village.The findings in this study prove empirically that personal characteristics, local culture, charismatic leadership, work ethic, and organizational commitment have significant contributions in improving the performance of the Village Apparatus in Lombok.
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