Archives of Business Research – Vol.7, No.7 Publication Date: July. 25, 2019 DOI: 10.14738/abr.77.6639. Kurniawan, H., & Heryanto. (2019). Effect of Work Discipline and Work Environment on Employee Performance with Work Motivation as an Intervening Variable in Department of Tourism, Youth and Sport of Padang District. Archives of Business Research, 7(7), 88-101. Effect of Work Discipline and Work Environment on Employee Performance with Work Motivation as an Intervening Variable in Department of Tourism, Youth and Sport of Padang District Harry Kurniawan Master of Management, STIE “KBP “, JL Khatib Sulaiman No. 61 Lolong Belanti, Padang Utara 25136, West Sumatra, Indonesia Heryanto Lecturer in Management Master Program, STIE “KBP”, JL Khatib Sulaiman No. 61 Lolong Belanti, Padang Utara 25136, West Sumatra, Indonesia ABSTRACT This study aims to determine whether there is an influence of work discipline, work environment on employee performance with work motivation as an interverning variable. The sample selection was done by purposive sampling with a total sample of 65 employees of the Padang Pariaman District Tourism, Youth and Sports Agency. The variables in this study consisted of work discipline variables and work environment as independent variables and employee performance as the dependent variable and work motivation as intervening variables. The data analysis technique used in this study is path analysis. Testing the first hypothesis shows the results that work discipline does not have a significant effect on employee work motivation. Second hypothesis indicate that the work environment has a significant influence on employee motivation. Third hypothesis indicate that work discipline does not influence employee performance significantly. Fourth hypothesis indicate that the work environment has a significant influence on employee performance. Fifth hypothesis indicate that work motivation has a significant influence on employee performance. Sixth hypothesis indicate indirectly work discipline through work motivation has a significant influence on employee performance. And the results of the last hypothesis show that indirectly the work environment through work motivation has a significant influence on the performance of employees at the Tourism and Youth Tourism Office of Padang Pariaman Regency. Keywords: Work Discipline, Work Environment, Work Motivation, Employee Performance INTRODUCTION Human resources are central factors in an agency both government agencies and private agencies. In the current era of globalization, it is very necessary to have quality human resources because the progress of the departure of an agency is highly dependent on the quality of human resources or its employees. The better the quality of employees of an agency, the higher and better the value of the agency. Employees are valuable assets that need to be considered and nurtured properly so that agencies must pay attention to every detail of programs related to the development of human resources in order to produce employees who have high abilities and extensive knowledge, and efforts to manage organizations optimally coupled with the environment good organization, the management activities will run very well. Performance problems are an important factor in the Department of Tourism, Youth and Sports in Padang Pariaman Regency because they influence the success of regional autonomy management in the field of service assignment services that are in accordance with the vision and mission that has been set. As stated in Law No. 32 of 2004 it is known that with regional autonomy, the regional government has obtained the authority of regional management for the