The Effectiveness of the Implementation of Principals’ Transformational Leadership in Motivating Teachers to Carry Out Their Profession Duties

Abstract

of factors which highly influenced the teachers' performance was the leadership of the principals. There were many leadership models which could be implemented by the school principals and one of them which was transformational leadership was considered very effective in improving the teachers' performance. The aim of the current study was to test the effectiveness of the implementation of the transformational leadership of the school principals in motivating the teachers' work motivation. The study was conducted in Malang by taking 120 elementary teachers as the samples which were chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The data was collected by using questionnaire and was analyzed by using correlation analysis of Pearson's product moment and structural equation modeling. Based on the analyzed data, it was proven that the transformational leadership of the school principals had a significantly positive influence in motivating the teachers' work motivation. Among the four dimensions of the transformational leadership, intellectual dimension had the highest coefficient of influence in motivating the teachers' work motivation.

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“…That cooperation is strategic since the head of school leadership influences the development of teacher's competency. This is supported by research conducted by Wiyono [12], which states that transformational leadership has strong effect in motivation and teacher's duty in learning activities.…”

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“…The findings of this study show that principals who have intellectual stimulation attributes can affect teacher TR through teacher self-efficacy. In terms of intellectual stimulation, leaders have the ability to foster creativity, critical attitudes, innovation and encourage teachers to do the best things to achieve organizational goals [19], [42]. The principal should be able to provide stimulus to teachers by providing confidence when there is a problem, this can be implemented by showing problem solving from various views.…”

“…The model of the relationship between the TL of the principal and the readiness of teachers in teaching is built with mediator variables, self-efficacy, a relationship between TL and the readiness of teachers in teaching is expressed truth in a variable, so this makes an explanation of the relationship between the two. Explanation of the relationship that is intended is transformative leadership with teacher TR, inseparable from the situation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) pandemic.…”

“…TL can be referred to as a leadership approach that leads to changes in individuals and social systems. With increasing interest in the importance of TL in educational environments, researchers put forward the role of principals as transformational leaders because to produce cultural conditions, build the organizational capacity of schools as well as the quality of systematic teaching and learning, this becomes the most important agent in building the strength of an institution [19], [20].…”