The Influence of Transformational Leadership of Principals, Work Ethic, and Motivation to Achievement for Teacher Performance of Vocational High School in Banjarmasin City

Abstract

This study aims to describe and analyze: the transformational leadership of the principal, work ethic, motivation of achievement, and teacher performance; the influence of transformational leadership towards the motivation of achievement; the influence of work ethic towards the motivation of achievement; the influence of transformational leadership on teacher performance; the influence work ethic towards teacher performance; the influence motivation to achieve the performance of teachers; the influence transformational leadership of teacher performance through the motivation of achievement; the influence work ethic towards teacher performance through the motivation of achievement. This research uses a descriptive-verificative research method with a quantitative approach—the number of samples of this study is 176 teachers. Data collection instruments are questionnaires that have qualified for validity and reliability tests. Data analysis to test hypotheses using path analysis with multiple regression methods. The results showed that: the transformational leadership of the principal, the work ethic of the teacher, teacher performance motivation, and teacher performance fall into the high category; there is a direct influence of the headmaster's transformational leadership on the teacher's outstanding motivation; the direct influence of the work ethic on the teacher's achievement motivation; there is a direct influence of the principal's transformational leadership on teacher performance; there is a direct influence of the work ethic on the teacher's performance; there is a direct influence of the teacher's motivation on teacher performance; there is an indirect influence of the headmaster's transformational leadership on the teacher's performance through the motivation of the achievement; there is an indirect influence of the work ethic on the teacher's performance through the motivation of the teacher.