PENGARUH KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH TERHADAP MOTIVASI KERJA DAN KINERJA GURU DI SMA NEGERI KOTA MEDAN

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of principal leadership to work motivation and performance of teachers in SMA Medan. This type of research used in this study is explanatory research as well as the method used is the method of ex post facto on the basis that the research carried out relatively non-experimental. Ex post facto method used to test the hypothesis that there is a significant relationship between the independent variable competence of principal leadership on work motivation and teacher performance as the dependent variable. The population in this study was a teacher at State Senior High School in Medan as many as 2-11 teachers. This research uses descriptive statistical analysis and inferensial analysis used to determine the effect of principal leadership to work motivation and performance of teachers at State Senior High School in Medan. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18 for windows. Based on the results of inferential analyzes using path analysis techniques (path analysis) using a significance level a = 0.05 value obtained path coefficients between principal leadership to work motivation of teachers and the path coefficient of 0.249 between personal competence of teachers on teacher performance by 0.156. This indicate that principal leadership variables have a significant influence on work motivation and performance of teachers at State Senior High School in Medan.