IMPROVING TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE HEADMASTERS’ TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION AT PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Harkati; Sukirman; Gunawan Setiadi

doi:10.33578/pjr.v5i3.8136

Authors

Harkati Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas Medan, Indonesia Author
Sukirman Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas Medan, Indonesia Author
Gunawan Setiadi Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas Medan, Indonesia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33578/pjr.v5i3.8136

Keywords:

transformational leadership, motivation and teachers’ performance

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of headmasters’ transformational leadership on teachers’ performance, the effect of work motivation on teachers’ performance, and the simultaneous influence of headmasters’ transformational leadership and work motivation on teachers’ performance. This research was conducted in public elementary schools in Kecamatan Tayu, Kabupaten Pati. The study employed a quantitative correlational research design. The sample consisted of 144 respondents. Data were collected using questionnaires distributed to teachers. The data were then analyzed through validity and reliability testing, classical assumption tests, and multiple linear regression analysis, which were processed using IBM SPSS version 24. The results of the study indicated that: (1) headmasters’ transformational leadership (X1) had a significant effect on teachers’ performance in public elementary schools in Kecamatan Tayu, Kabupaten Pati; (2) work motivation (X2) had a significant effect on teachers’ performance in public elementary schools in Kecamatan Tayu, Kabupaten Pati; and (3) headmasters’ transformational leadership and work motivation simultaneously had a significant effect on teachers’ performance in public elementary schools in Kecamatan Tayu, Kabupaten Pati, accounting for 77.6% of the variance in teachers’ performance.

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