The Leadership Knowledge Among School Principals on Teacher’s Work Discipline

Abstract

This study was to examine the principal's leadership level of understanding on the teacher's work discipline in one school at Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia. A total of 131 people were included in the sample, which included all teachers in one school at Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia. A series of questionnaires adapted from prior research that cover the scope of this investigation, as well as survey questions generated based on operational definitions and literature reviews, were employed in this study. The most common approaches to analyzing the research objective are descriptive analysis and factor analysis. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge of the principal's leadership and the teacher's discipline on demography. The implications of this study are to identify the level of knowledge of teachers regarding the ethics of the teaching profession and the discipline of teachers working within the organization. This will help the relevant parties in organizing each mechanism to further enhance the knowledge level of the principal's leadership in the profession. This study is still relevant today and will be carried out in the future with increasing issues such as integrity and value in the teaching profession.

Challenges and Strategies Instructional Principals Towards Promoting Positive School Culture

“…Leadership is the ability of an individual to influence the behavior of another individual to make them willing to provide good cooperation in order to achieve the goals of the organization (Ismail et al, 2023). A leader is also able to move the spirit of their followers through their vision and their idealistic picture (Ismail, 2015).…”

“…Implementation of online learning has had a huge impact on the education system especially when a comprehensive aspect of digitalization needs to be faced not only by students and teachers but also to the leaders (Pamularsih, 2022). In creating teaching and learning remains positive among these teachers and students, these instructional leaders need to play a major role in solving every element of instructional leadership theory (Garcia et al, 2023;Ismail et al, 2023).…”

“…In addition, teacher work performance is influenced by the leadership of the principal in creating a good school environment (Brewer & Devnew, 2022;Choi et al, 2022). Honest and trustworthy leadership always has a positive impact Ismail et al, 2023;Nguyen, 2021) on teachers while unmanaged leadership creates negative feelings among teachers in schools (Avelar et al, 2022;Rechsteiner et al, 2022;Rumeli et al, 2021). This eventually created conflicts between prolonged leaders and teachers and eventually caused the harmony and stability of the school.…”