Vocational High School Teacher's Work Ethic

Abstract

<p><em>Essential</em><em> research </em><em>describes the</em><em> work ethic of Vocational High School teachers and the indicator that mostly affects the formation of the latent variable of the vocational teacher's work ethic. The research used a survey method with a sample consisting of 212 SMK teachers in Medan. The analytical technique used was </em><em>a</em><em> confirmatory factor analysis with SEM analysis using AMOS tools. The analysis revealed that the SMK teachers’ work ethic reached 35.85%, </em><em>categorised</em><em> as high, 52.36% as adequate, 8.49% as inadequate, and 3.30% as low. It also showed that an indicator </em><em>variable</em><em> of having a preference for working hard served as the strongest indicator (52.70%) that formed the latent construct variable of the vocational teachers' work ethic. Subsequently, the latent construct variables of vocational teachers' work ethic contain several indicators that include </em><em>a </em><em>preference for working hard </em><em>at</em><em> 52.70%; willingness to give more than required </em><em>at</em><em> 50.55%; fairness </em><em>at</em><em> 49.14%; willingness to cooperate </em><em>at</em><em> 48.86%; working honestly with 42.64%; work efficiently during working hours with 39.18%; and respecting colleagues with 25.60%.</em></p>