The Correlation of School Principal Communication, Work Ethic, and Work Motivation to Teacher Performance

Abstract

This study aims to determine and analyze the correlation between principal communication, work ethic, work motivation, and teacher performance. This research is correlational research with a quantitative approach formulated into a path analysis model. The study population was 153 with 111 studies. The data collection was carried out using instruments consisting of principal communication (18 items), work ethic (31 items), work motivation (28 items), and performance (26 items) that have been tested for validity and reliability. The data analysis of this study used path analysis. The results of the study found that there was a direct correlation between the principal's communication to performance (0.658), there was a direct correlation between work ethic to performance (0.547), and there was a direct correlation between work motivation to performance (0.879). Moreover, there was a direct correlation between the communication of the principal towards motivation work (0.292), the direct correlation between work ethic to work motivation (0.484), an indirect correlation between the principal's communication to performance through motivation work (0.257), and the existence of an indirect correlation of work ethic to performance through motivation work (0.425).