PENGARUH GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH, KEPUASAN KERJA , DAN KOMITMEN ORGANISASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN KINERJA GURU SEKOLAH DASAR DI KECAMATAN SANGIA AMBULU KABUPATEN BUTON

Abstract

Abidin, 2015. “Influence of headmaster’s leadership style, work satisfaction,
and organizational commitment toward Elementary School Teachers’
performances in Sangia Wambalu Sub District Buton Regencyâ€. Slamet Riyadi
University, Thesis, unpubllshed.
The improvement of teachers’ performances is desirable in the attempt of
supporting the achievement of high-quality education. The problem occurring
in elementary schools in Education Office Technique Service Unit (UPTD) of
Sangia Wambulu Sub District is that the overall teachers’ performances have
not met expectation, as indicated by the students’ lower learning outcome and
the teachers’ poor performance assessment result. Ermaya Suradinata stated
that performance is defined as the work outcome affected by background,
cultural environment, skill and knowledge. For a teacher, a good work culture
environment can strengthen his/her motivation to achieve maximum
performance. To achieve the higher performance, the headmaster’s
leadership in guiding, directing, and governing a school is a part of job
motivation necessary to have. The teachers’ job satisfaction is a very
important factor to get optimum performance. The teachers’ organizational
commitment is also a very important element of work attitude. The higher the
organizational commitment, the higher is the teachers’ sense of belonging to
the school and the higher is their performance. This research aimed to find
out: (1) the effect of headmaster’s leadership upon teacher performance, (2)
the effect of job satisfaction upon teacher performance, (3) the effect of
organizational commitment toward teacher performance, and (4) the effect of
headmaster leadership style, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment
simultaneously on the teacher performance. The samples of research were
the teachers of Elementary Schools in Education UPTD of Sangia Wambulu
Sub District of Buton Regency, consisting of 43 respondents. Technique of
collecting data used was questionnaire that had been tested for its validity and
reliability. Technique of analyzing data used included partial correlational, t-,
multiple correlation, and F-tests. The result of hypothesis testing showed that
(1) there was a positive significant effect of headmaster leadership style on
teacher performance; (2) there was a positive significant effect of job
satisfaction on teacher performance; (3) there was a positive significant effect
of organizational commitment on teacher performance; and (4) there was a
positive significant effect of headmaster’s leadership style, job satisfaction,
and organizational commitment simultaneously on teachers’ performances.
The implication of research finding was that the performance of Elementary
School teachers in Sangia Wambulu Sub District would be improved when
there were good headmaster leadership style, higher job satisfaction and
organizational commitment.
Keywords: leadership style, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, teacher
performance.