The Influence of Principal Transformational Leadership, Work Discipline, and Emotional Intelligence on Teacher Work Performance at State Elementary Schools, North Banjarmasin District

Abstract

This study focuses to describe the effect of: principal's transformational leadership on work performance; the principal's transformational leadership towards work discipline; emotional intelligence on teacher work performance; emotional intelligence on work discipline; work discipline on work performance; transformational leadership of school principals through work discipline on work performance; and emotional intelligence through work discipline on teacher performance. The population of this study was 281 teachers. The research sample was 165 teachers who were selected using proportionate random sampling technique. The data of this study was collected by using an instrument consisting of work performance (40 items), transformational leadership of the principal (48 items), work discipline (40 items), and emotional intelligence (40 items) which have been tested for validity and reliability. The research data were analyzed using path analysis. The results of the study found that there were influences: the principal's transformational leadership on teacher work performance; the principal's transformational leadership towards teacher work discipline; emotional intelligence on teacher work performance; emotional intelligence on teacher work discipline; teacher work discipline on teacher work performance; transformational leadership of school principals on work performance through teacher work discipline; and emotional intelligence on work performance through teacher work discipline.