The Relationship Between the Transformational Leadership Style of School Principals, Assertive Communication, and Working Climate on Job Satisfaction of Private Elementary School Teachers in North Banjarbaru District

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the relationship between the school principal's transformational leadership style, assertive communication and work climate on private elementary school teacher's work satisfaction in banjarbaru utara district. This research is a correlational study with path analysis. The population of this study were all teachers of private elementary schools in North Banjarbaru sub-district, totaling 123 people with a sample of 96 people taken by proportional random sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaires and documentation and then analyzed using SPSS 15 statistical version. Meanwhile, data analysis techniques used statistical tests of path analysis and multiple linear regression. Hypothesis testing was carried out at a significance level of 0.05. The results showed: 1) The principal's transformational leadership style, assertive communication, work climate and teacher job satisfaction were in the high category. 2) There is a positive and significant relationship between the principal's transformational leadership style and teacher job satisfaction of 0.212. 3) There is a positive and significant relationship between assertive communication and teacher job satisfaction of 0.307. 4) There is a positive and significant relationship between the principal's transformational leadership style and the work climate of 0.325. 5) There is a positive and significant relationship between assertive communication and work climate of 0.641. 6) There is a positive and significant relationship between work climate and teacher job satisfaction of 0.460. 7) The relationship between the principal's transformational leadership style indirectly through the work climate on teacher job satisfaction is 0.362. 8) The relationship between assertive communication indirectly through the work climate on teacher job satisfaction is 0.602. Based on the conclusions above, the implications of the research results are that teacher job satisfaction can be increased through the principal's transformational leadership style, assertive communication and work climate.