The Effects of Transformational, Transactional, and Laissez-Faire Leadership on Principal’s Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Many people fail to reach the pinnacle of their careers because they experience a crisis of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy plays an important role in the success of a job mission. However, self-efficacy is a variable that has been influenced and other times it can influence other variables. This study aims to analyze how transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership interact with self-efficacy. This research is a survey and data obtained from respondents as many as 140 high school teachers in the form of self-reports, and the data is collected using SEM Amos Version 22. The results of Amos processing show that Transformational and laissez-faire leadership styles negatively affect self-efficacy. Only transactional leadership style positively affects self-efficacy. The research concludes that only transactional leadership has a positive effect on self-efficacy because followers (teachers) have different backgrounds and motivations and the majority of followers (teachers) have not yet reached the level of self-actualization.