Influence of Leadership Style and Motivation to Teachers’ Performance in BPI 1 Bandung Senior High School

Abstract

Education must adapt to change by improving the performance of its human resources. Especially schools, which have an important role in improving the resources of students are teachers as educators and principals as leaders. In this regard, researchers try to identify variables that mostly affect their performance. The variables used in this research are leadership style, motivation and performance. It aims to find the influence of leadership style and motivation on teachers’ performance in BPI 1 Senior High School, Bandung, either simultaneously or partially. The method used is primary data, in other word a set of research instrument of questionnaires which distributed to 50 teachers and employees of BPI 1 Bandung using probability sampling technique. This instrument has been validated by using the validity of Spearman and Cronchbach alpha reliability test. The descriptive method and verificative method are used, while, multiple regression analysis is used for data analysis. The results of calculation and descriptive analysis indicate that leadership style and motivation of teachers and employees of SMA BPI 1 Bandung are in the high category. Similarly, their performance aspect is also in the high category. The research and hypothesis testing show that leadership style and motivation have a positive influence, or in simultaneous direction toward teacher performance in BPI 1 Bandung, that is 15,8%. While 84.2% was influenced by other factors outside the scope of this research. Partially, the leadership style did not affect the performance of teachers and employees of BPI 1 Bandung. On the other hand, provision of motivation turned out to show a positive influence and inline to the performance of teachers and employees in BPI 1 Bandung by 14,37%. Keywords—leadership style; motivation; performance