Reformation in Indonesian government offices leads to many substantial changes, and demandsimproved job performances while arguably loading employees with more work. This research aimsto understand factors that potentially influence job performance in Indonesian government officesthat carries on such reformation. Using adapted scales from previous studies, this researchinvestigates the role of workload, responsibility for others (level of responsibility to care for otherpeople) and need for achievement on employee?s performance. A survey to all full-time workers inan Indonesian government office is conducted. Contrary to expectation, workload does not influenceemployee?s performance. Instead, regression analysis demonstrates that, employee?s need forachievement and responsibility for others are significant factors affecting individual performance.These results are important because they highlight the significance of need for achievement for thesuccess of reformation in this office, and by extension for reformation in Indonesia. The results arealso interesting because this is the first study that points out to the role of responsibility for others ininfluencing individual performance in Indonesia which is characterized by collectivistic culture. Thispaper discusses the contributions of these results for theory and practice.