The Influence of Principal Leadership, Organization Culture, Teacher Competency and Job Satisfaction to Job Performance of Teacher at Vocational Public School of Medan

Abstract

This research based on the lower of job performance of teachers of Vocational Schools (SMK) in Medan. This was indicated by the ranking of teacher of SMK in Medan on the result of Competency Test in the early of 2012, the ranking of students of SMK Medan in Student Skill Competency (LKS) in national level and the number of unemployed graduate of vocational school. This data indicates the general learning process at SMK has not yet optimum and is an integral part of the performance of teacher. This research was conducted using the quantitative method in descriptive and associative studies. The population of this research is all of teachers of SMK Negeri Medan (Public Vocational School of Medan). The number of sample is 90 persons (Proportional Random Sampling). The data in this research was collected using questionnaire. The hypothesis was tested using descriptive and Path analysis method.The results of research indicates that the improvement of the leadership of principal, culture of organization and competency of teacher partially will increase the job performance and can describe for 66.20%, simultaneously. Furthermore, the improvement of the leadership of principal, culture of organization, competency of teacher and job satisfaction can increase the job performance of teacher partially and can describe for 86.90% simultaneously. The variable of job satisfaction is an exogenous variable with the higher path coefficient to the job satisfaction than the other exogenous variables for 0.336.