Transformational Leadership Relations and

Innovative Attitude with Teachers Job Performance

Efni Efridah

Education Officein Tebing Tinggi City, K.L. Yos Sudarso, Rambutan District, Tebing Tinggi City

Keywords: Transformational leadership, innovative attitude and work performance.

Abstract: This study aims to examine the relationship of teacher performance with the transformational leadership and

innovative attitude of teachers in SMA Tebing Tinggi, North of Sumatra. This study will be conducted with

quantitative research methods. The population in this study were all teachers at four SMA Tebing Tinggi on

Year 2010/2011, as many as 284 people. The sampling method used is Proportional Stratified Random

Sampling. With a sample size of 70 people, the research data is then collected by using a Likert scale model.

The research data were analyzed using multiple regression correlation. The analysis shows that there is a

significant relationship between transformational leadership with teacher job performance.

1 INTRODUCTION

Awareness of the importance of education that can

provide hope and the possibility of a better future, has

been encouraging the efforts and attention of all

walks of life to every move and the development of

education. Education as one of the efforts inorder to

improve the quality of human life, in essence aims to

humanize humans, mature, change behavior, and

improve quality so that it becomes better. Education

itself is intended as a conscious and deliberate effort

to create an atmosphere of learning and the learning

process so that learners are actively developing the

potential for him to have the spiritual power of

religion, self-control, personality, intelligence,

character, and skills needed him, society, nation, and

State (UUSPN No. 20 of 2003).

In fact, education is not a simple effort, but rather

an activity that is dynamic and is used to improve the

existence of human life. Education will always

change with the information age, at any time become

the focus of attention and even less the target of

dissatisfaction because the education concerns the

interests of everyone, not just about investment

andconditions of life in the future, but also about the

conditions and atmosphere of the moment.

The essence of education is nothing but the

penbentukan personality through the transformation

of values, and not just a transfer of knowledge

(Manullang, 2005: 23-24).

School as an institution (institution) of education,

is a place where the educational process is done, have

a complex and dynamic system. In its activities, the

school is a place that is not just a gathering place for

students and teachers, but are in the order of the

system complex and interrelated, therefore the school

is seen as an organization that requires management.

Moreover, the core activities of the school

organization is to manage human resources (HR) is

expected to produce qualified graduates, according to

society's demands, and in turn the school graduates

are expected to contribute to the development of the

nation.

Schools as institutions where the provision of

education, a system that has a variety of devices and

interrelated elements which require empowerment.

Internally schools have the school, teachers, students,

curriculum, facilities, and infrastructure. Externally,

the school has and is associated with other institutions

both vertically and horizontally.

In the context of education, the school has the

stakeholders (interested), including students,

teachers, communities, governments, and businesses.

Therefore schools need management (management)

are accurate in ordercan provide optimum results in

accordance with the needs and demands of all

interested parties (stakeholders).

The role of the school is directly related to human

resource development. Each learning programs in

schools needs to be oriented to the consolidation of

the process of developing human resources as the

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Transformational Leadership Relations and Innovative Attitude with Teachers Job Performance.

DOI: 10.5220/0010039801570161

In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Computer, Environment, Agriculture, Social Science, Health Science, Engineering and Technology (ICEST 2018), pages 157-161

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basic capital construction undertaken by the

government and society. Empowerment of schools as

a vehicle of socialization should be done through

empowerment of the school management to develop

effective leadership and directed by professional

teachers with high performance. So schoolsshould be

able to be channeling all of the information and

technology, knowledge, resources, and learning

methodology. Schools also be a place and a center of

learning, work and maintenance center (Syafaruddin,

2005: 49).

Teachers as one of the main components in

school, plays a very strategic to the achievement of

the objectives of the programs that have been set by

the school and national education goals. As

professionals, teachers are required not only limited

to competencies relevant to their expertise but

teachers are also required to be able explored all its

capabilities and competencies are and be able to

transform, develop, disseminate science and

technology through education as a concrete

manifestation of his performance.

Exceptional achievements defined as

improvement of quality in a job or a game, can also

an increase in intelligence or in terms Purwanto

(1998: 102) a process that led to the occurrence of a

change or reform in behavior or skill. Gibson (1996:

214), defines performance as the result desired work

of the actors. Furthermore Timpe (1993: 208), defines

performance as an assessment of the person's

employment rate achieved.

Transformational leadership is not just affecting

his followers to achieve the desired goals, but more

than that intends to change the attitudes and basic

values of his followers through empowerment and

improve self-confidence and determination to

continue to make changes though perhaps he himself

would be affected by the change , Innovation always

refers to a qualitatively new changes in contrast to the

original state that is based on the consideration that

examined with a view to improve the ability to

achieve better results, as a form of achievement in

work.

Gibson, et al (1996: 218) states transformational

leadership as the leadership to inspire and motivate

followers to achieve results greater than the original

planned and for internal rewards. Transformational

leadershipnot just affect their followers to achieve the

desired goals, but more than that intends to change the

attitudes and basic values of his followers through

empowerment.

According to Law No. 14 of 2005 on teachers and

lecturers,stated that professionalism is a job or

activity carried out by someone and become a source

of income life requires skill, expertise or skills that

meet certain quality standards or norms and require

professional education.

Sanusi (1991: 110) refers to the characteristics of

the profession, including the function and

significance of the social professions, the skills of the

members of the profession gained through education

and or training accountable, their disciplines robust,

code of ethics, and the rewards of financial and

material worth it. Then, the technique according to

Walisman (2007: 10) strengthening the

professionalism associated with the importance of

attention to the qualifications, competence, and

certification. Thus it can be argued that one effort to

improve the image of the teacher is to improve

teachers' teaching accomplishment. Teachers who

have taught that good performance will be able to

carry out their duties and functions efficientlyand

effective. However, so far the achievement of

learning outcomes in schools in general they can be

expressed not in line with expectations.

From the empirical data obtained from the survey

on school SMA Negeri Tebing Tinggi, was still poor

performance of teachers in performing the task. From

preliminary studies conducted in SMA Tebing Tinggi

known approximately 75% of the teachers have been

taught in accordance with his or her educational

qualifications and around 25% of teachers have not

taught according to the field of educational

qualifications. More resultsThis study is known that

the ability of teachers is still low in the use of media,

less creative and less innovative.

Lower and Porter (1989) states that the job

performance of teachers is a combination of teaching

motivation and ability in completing the work. Low

motivation of teachers will have an impact on the

performance of teachers in teaching.

Circumstances indicate that the low work

performance of teachers showed lower managerial

leadership principals. Therefore, this study refers to

the relationship of transformational leadership and

innovative attitude to the job performance of teachers.

Interesting to observe the role of the principal and

related innovative teacher performance. This study

will focus on transformational leadership, especially

in the management of school programs and teacher

motivation.

From the above description, it can be affirmed that

through transformational leadership (by the principal)

and high innovative attitude of a teacher will be able

to produce high teacher job performance anyway. To

that end, bullet conducted scientific research to

explain transformational leadership and innovative

attitude.

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2 RESEARCH METHODS

This study will be conducted using Quantitative

Research Methods. The population in this study were

all teachers at four SMA Tebing Tinggi were studied

in 2010/2011 as many as 284 people, the study

sample of 70 teachers at four (4) SMA is representing

4 State High School is in Tebing Tinggi North of

Sumatra Province.

The data collection was done by using a

questionnaire that is:

a. Job performance by using indicators that focus on

the implementation of tasks, namely: (1) Make

device learning program (2) implement learning

programs (3) carry out the analysis of the test

results to develop and implement improvement

programs enrichment (4) made of instructional

media (5) filling and examine the attendance of

students (6) to collect and count the number of

credit / promotion.

b. Innovative attitude to the use of indicators: (1)

knowledge of new technologies and information

(2) positive responses (3) of negative responses

(4) the ability to solve problems (5) Imaginative

(6) the discovery of new product services.

c. Transformational leadership using the indicator:

(1) charisma (2) Sensitivity (konsideren)

individual (3) intellectual stimulation.

The instrument used to measure three variables in

this study was a questionnaire Likert scale models

using four alternative answers are: always (SL), often

(SR), sometimes (KD), never (TP). Scores answer for

every positive statement each given a score: always =

4, often = 3, sometimes = 2, and never = 1.

3 RESEARCH RESULT

The results of the analysis that the correlation

transformational leadership with teacher job

performance high schools in Tebing Tinggi (ryx1) of

0.446 percent and continued with t - test obtained by

value t = 4.109. There is a relationship between

transformational leadership (X1) with the job

performance of teachers (Y) high schools in Tebing

Tinggi. Thus the first hypothesis in this study "there

is a relationship between transformational leadership

with high school teacher job performance in Tebing

Tinggi country" unacceptable and has been tested

empirically true at the 5% significance level.

The significance of regression equation between

transformational leadership with teachers' job

performance as in the following table 1 below:

Table 1. Regression significance ANOVA Summary Table

Top Y X1

Source

Variance

DK JK KT Fhit

Ftab

(5%)

Regression

(b / a)

1 1060.53 1060.53 16.048 1.76

The

residue (S)

68 4493.77 66.08485

Total 69 5554.30

The results of the analysis that the correlation

innovative attitude to the job performance of teachers

SMA in Tebing Tinggi (ryx2) of 0,544 and continued

with t - test obtained by value t = 5.347. In conclusion,

there is a relationship between the innovative attitude

(X2) with the job performance of teachers (Y) high

schools in Tebing Tinggi. Thus the first hypothesis in

this study "there is a relationship between the

innovative attitude of the teacher job performance

high schools in Tebing Tinggi" unacceptable and has

been substantiated empirically at the level of 5%

significantly.

The significance of regression equation between

the innovative attitude to the job performance of

teachers as in the following Table 2.

Table 2. Regression significant ANOVA Summary Table Y

(X2)

Source

Variance

DK JK KT Fhit

Ftab

(5%)

Regression

(b / a)

1 1638.95

1638.

28.

2.20

The residue

(S)

68 3915.35 57.58

Total 69 5554.30

To test the hypothesis that there is a relationship

ketia transformational leadership (X1) and the

innovative attitude (X2) together with the job

performance of teachers (Y) high schools in Tebing

Tinggi correlation coefficient obtained for R = 0.581.

In the leadership, Significance of regression

equation between transformational and innovative

attitude together with the job performance of

teachers, tested by ANOVA as the following Table 3

below:

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Table 3. Regression significant ANOVA Summary Table Y

(X1) and ((X2)

Source

Varianc

Fhi

Ftab

(5%)

Regress

ion (b /

1871

.79

935.

17.

2,67

The

residue

(S)

3682

.51

54.

Total 69

5554

.30

Improved transformational leadership (X1) and

the innovative attitude (X2) jointly by 1 unit, will

improve the work performance of teachers (Y) high

schools in Tebing Tinggi by 0.72 units .Thus the

greater the increase in the value of leadership and

innovative attitude trasnformasional together will

result in the higher performance of State High School

teacher in Tebing Tinggi.

Table 4. The partial correlation analysis results Y and (X1,

X2)

Correlation

Partial

Correlation

coefficient

Price t

Harga t-

table

(5%)

ry 1.2

ry 2.1

0.219

0.391

1,885

3,504

1,671

The relationship between the innovative attitude

to the job performance of teachers, when controlled

transformational leadership obtained partial

correlation coefficient of 0.391 showed into Table 5.

The relative contribution analysis and effective

contribution as indicated in the table 5 below:

Table 5. The partial correlation analysis results Y and (X1

and X2)

Variables

Relative

contribution

(SR)%

Effective

contribution (SE)%

Transformational

leadership

31.54% 10.63%

Innovative

attitude

68.46% 23.07%

Total 100% 33.70%

4 DISCUSSION

The results of this study demonstrate a significant

relationship between transformational leadership

with job performance of teachers with a correlation

coefficient of 0.446. The greater penigkatan

transformational leadership will result in the

achievement of high school teachers working in

Tebing Tinggi. Improved transformational leadership

pursued either by the principal or by the teachers

themselves. Master teachers need to actively provide

feedback to principals to the leadership goes well.

Feedback from teachers is the teacher feedback on

leadership perceived by the teacher of teachers. There

is a significant correlation between the innovative

attitude to the job performance of teachers with a

correlation coefficient of 0, 544. The greater the

increase in innovative attitude will result in increased

teacher job performance in SMA Tebing Tinggi.

There is a significant relationship between

transformational leadership and innovative attitude

together - together with the work performance of

teachers with a correlation coefficient of 0, 581.

5 CONCLUSION

The results of the analysis and the data shows that:

transformational leadership has a positive and

significant relationship with job performance of

teachers with a contribution of 10.63%. Innovative

attitude has a positive and significant relationship

with job performance of teachers with a contribution

of 23.07%.

Transformational leadership and with the same

innovative attitude has a positive and significant

relationship with job performance of teachers with a

contribution of 33.70%. It is strongly advised in

improving the job performance of teachers needs to

be improved transformational leadership principals

and innovative attitude of teachers.

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