The Influence of Feedback Environment Practices Established on School Climate in Kanowit Secondary Schools

Abstract

means that the high level of stress causes a low level of job satisfaction which affects teachers’ job commitment, performance capabilities, productivity 2015). These low teachers’ commitment may have associated with low school climate. The situation becomes worse when a finding of the Teaching and International Survey in 2009 found that less than 10 percent of Abstract: This quantitative study aimed to determine the relationship of the feedback environment practices towards school climate. A total of 129 secondary schools’ teachers randomly from Kanowit district in Malaysia participated in the study. The results of the descriptive analysis showed that the level of the feedback environment practices based on the teachers’ perception is below-average. In terms of school climate, both collaboration and student relation dimensions have gained the above-average level while the school resources dimension, decision-making dimension, and instructional innovation dimension have obtained the below-average level. Specifically, the study also found that the dimensions of feedback credibility, feedback quality, feedback delivery, and encourage feedback-seeking behaviour significantly influence on school climate. Therefore, organizational leaders must emphasize the existence of the feedback environment in the workplace as an injection into the school climate to ensure high performance among employees.