ABSTRACT : This research aims to obtain empirical evidence of the direct and indirect effects of work environment variables, knowledge management and job satisfaction on the performance of staff in the UNNES at the transition to be a legal enterprise. The population of this study is education staff who work at the State University of Semarang. Determination of the research sample using purposive sampling method while still using the ratio of proportions to all units in UNNES. The method of data collection was done through a questionnaire distributed through a google survey. The return of the questionnaire was 67 respondents. Data analysis using multiple regression and path analysis using WarpPLS software. The result shows that all exogenous variables have an effect on endogenous variables. Hypothesis 1 to hypothesis 6 are all supported, so that there is an influence of knowledge management. Work environment, job satisfaction on the performance of administrative staff at the State University of Semarang. This study also proves that the job satisfaction variable is able to mediate the relationship between knowledge management and the work environment on the performance of administrative staff at the State University of Semarang

KEYWORDS – knowledge management, working environmental, work satisfaction.