The Influence of School Leadership, Work Environment and Teacher Work Commitment on the Performance of High School Teachers in Pringsewu District

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue XI, November 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186

The Influence of School Leadership, Work Environment and Teacher Work Commitment on the Performance of High School Teachers in Pringsewu District

Wahyu Dwi Candra*, Irawan Suntoro, Riswanti Rini
Department of Educational Management, University of Lampung, Indonesia
*Corresponding author

Abstract: This study aims to determine whether there is a positive influence between the leadership of the principal, the school environment, and the work commitment of teachers to teacher performance. The subjects of this study were high school teachers in Pringsewu Regency. From a population of 131 teachers, 98 samples were taken with a proportional random sampling technique. The hypothesis was tested using the Spearman correlation. The results showed that: 1) there was no influence between principal leadership on teacher performance (Spearman’s rho = 0.008; sig (2-tailed) = 0.854> α = 0.01); 2) there is no relationship between the school environment and teacher performance (Spearman’s rho = -0.009; sig value (2-tailed) = 0.882> α = 0.01.3) there is no influence between principal leadership on teacher performance (Spearman’s rho = -0.033; sig value (2-tailed) = 0.589> α = 0.01.

Keywords: Principal leadership, school environment, teacher work commitment, teacher performance

I.INTRODUCTION

School as an institution that is complex and unique is complex because the school as an organization has various dimensions that are interrelated and mutually determine. The characteristics that place the school have their own characteristics, where there is a learning process, a place for the cultivation of human life. Teacher independence will be reflected in the manifestation of teacher performance as individuals, as citizens, as employees and as positions of professional teacher positions (Akhwan, 2003), the quality of national life is largely determined by educational factors. Education has a very important role in improving the quality, progress and development of a country in general and the younger generation in particular. The success of education in schools is largely determined by the success of the principal in managing the education personnel available at the school. The principal is one of the components of education that is influential in improving teacher performance. The principal is responsible for the implementation of educational activities, school administration, coaching other educational personnel and the utilization and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure. Mulyasa (2004). 

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