Transformational Leadership Contribution of Headmaster, Work Satisfaction, and Achievement Motivation towards Professional Attitudes of State Elementary Schools Teachers in Alalak District, Barito Kuala

Abstract

The professional attitude of the teacher is a basic functional variable that provides instructions for changes in a teacher's behavior. The factors that influence the professional attitude of teachers include transformational leadership of school principals, job satisfaction, and teacher achievement motivation. This study aimed to analyze the contribution of the principal's transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and achievement motivation to the professional attitude of teachers. This study used a quantitative approach with a sample of 177 teachers selected using a proportional sampling technique from a population of 322 teachers in public elementary schools in Alalak Barito Kuala District. The data was collected using a questionnaire that has been tested for validity and reliability. Before the data were analyzed using regression analysis, the data had passed the prerequisite test, which consisted of normality, multicollinearity, and heteroscedasticity tests. Then proceed with path analysis. The results of this study indicate that there is a contribution of transformational leadership to the professional attitude of teachers; transformational leadership towards teacher professional attitudes; achievement motivation towards the professional attitude of teachers; achievement motivation on job satisfaction; job satisfaction with the professional attitude of teachers; indirect contribution of transformational leadership through job satisfaction to the professional attitude of teachers; and achievement motivation through job satisfaction with teachers' professional attitudes.