The Correlation Between Situational Leadership of Principal and Teacher Performance Through Work Motivation and Work Climate at Vocational School Teacher in Banjarmasin

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the correlation between the situational leadership of the principal and teacher performance through work motivation and the work climate of state vocational school teachers in Banjarmasin. Using a proportional random sampling technique, a sample size of 170 people was chosen from among 296 teachers who have been certified to teach in state vocational schools in Banjarmasin as the population. Technique for gathering data was questionnaires that was distributed via Google Forms and questionnaires. Validity and reliability tests were used in instrument testing. The data was analyzed by using some techniques namely data description, path analysis, trimming, normalcy test, multicollinearity test, and heteroskedasticity test. The findings revealed a correlation between: (1) the situational leadership of the principal and teacher performance which was 0.841; (2) the situational leadership of the principal and teacher work motivation which was 0.857; (3) the situational leadership of the principal and work climate which was 0.865; (4) work motivation and teacher performance which was 0.128; (5) work climate and teacher performance which was 0.949; and (6) the situational leadership of the principal with teacher performance through work motivation which was 0.110, (7) situational leadership of the principal with teacher performance through work climate with the result was 0.949.