The Effect of Organizational Climate, Teachers’ Perception about Principal Leadership and Work Motivation toward Teacher Performance in State Primary School, Panei District, Simalungun Regency (Published)
Education is the basic capital to produce superior and qualified Human Resources. It is inseparable from the role of school stakeholders, including principals, educators, administration, supervisors, school committees and society. One of the problems of teacher performance can be seen from the results of competency tests conducted by the government to teachers. Teacher perception factors about principal leadership also greatly affect teacher performance in schools. Teacher performance motivation also influences the quality of teacher performance. There are still gaps between the performances of teachers who are expected to carry out their responsibilities at school. This study can be formulated as follows 1) Is there a positive influence of Organizational Climate toward Work Motivation of Elementary School Teachers? 2) Is there a positive influence of teacher perceptions about principal leadership toward work motivation in elementary school teachers? 3) is there positive influence of organizational climate toward the performance of public elementary teachers? 4) Is there a positive influence of the teacher’s Perception about principal leadership toward the performance of public elementary teachers? 4) Is there a positive influence on teachers’ perception about principal leadership toward work motivation of Public Elementary School teacher? 5) Is there a positive effect of work motivation toward the performance of the state primary school teacher?. And the research objectives are 1) to determine the effect of organizational climate on work motivation of public elementary school teachers in Panei District, Simalungun Regency.2) To determine the effect of teacher perceptions about school leadership on work motivation public elementary school teacher in Panei District, Simalungun Regency. 3) To determine the effect of organizational climate on the performance of public elementary school teachers in Panei District, Simalungun Regency. 4) To determine the effect of Teacher’s Perception of Principal Leadership toward the performance of public elementary school teachers in Panei District, Simalungun Regency. 5) To find out the effect of teacher work motivation on the performance of public elementary school teachers in Panei District, Simalungun Regency. The research method is carried out by using a purposive sampling approach, it is the considerations of the researcher. The results of the study are: 1). Organizational climates have a significant effect on the work motivation of public elementary teachers which is equal to 5.978 with a determinant coefficient of 54.20%. 2) Teacher’s perception of principal leadership has a significant effect on the motivation of work of public elementary schools which is equal to 2,344 with a determinant coefficient of 62.70%. 3) Organizational climate has a significant effect on elementary school teacher performance, which is 3.068 with a determinant coefficient of 51.80%. 4) Teacher’s perception of principal leadership has a significant effect on the performance of public elementary school teachers which is equal to 2,344 with a determinant coefficient of 62.70%. 5) Teacher motivation has a significant effect on the elementary school teacher performance of 2.586 with a determinant coefficient of 60.50%, and leadership is partially the dominant variable and has a significant effect on the teachers’ performance of public elementary schools in Panei District,Simalungun Regency, which is 8,395 with determinant coefficient values at 62.80%,
Keywords: Organizational Climate, Teachers’ Perception of Principal Leadership, Work Motivation and Teacher Performance