Reconceptualizing Legislative Productivity: Human-Technical Agency, Temporariness, and the Posthuman Condition in Indonesian Parliament

Abstract

Despite extensive research on legislative performance, there is limited understanding of how technical training and the temporary nature of political appointments affect legislative productivity. This study investigates the interplay between technical legislative training, person-job fit, self-efficacy, and productivity among Indonesian legislators. Using a quantitative survey (N = 105), we find that technical training significantly improves person-job fit and self-efficacy, both of which mediate the relationship with legislative productivity. Surprisingly, a sense of temporariness did not moderate these relationships. Our findings expand the application of job and personal resources theory to temporary roles in permanent institutions, and further provoke reflection on the posthuman dynamics of governance where legislators increasingly operate as nodes within technocratic systems rather than autonomous agents.