The effect of leadership behavior, organizational culture and job satisfaction on teachers’ organizational commitment

Pages: 35-42
Tatik Wijayati, Abin Syamsudin and Hj. Rita Retnowati, M.Si (Program Pascasarjana, Jurusan Manajemen Pendidikan, Universitas Pakuan, Indonesia)

The effect of principals’ leadership behavior, organizational culture, and teachers’ job satisfaction on organizational commitment of junior high school teachers. (Descriptive Analysis Study on junior high school teachers in the city of Depok 2013). This study aimed to obtain information about the effect of principals’ leadership behavior, organizational culture and teacher’s job satisfaction on teacher’s organizational commitment. This research was conducted by survey on junior high school in the city of Depok, with sample of 142 permanent teachers which was determined by proportional random sampling technique. The instruments of this research are based on content validity. The reliability was calculated using the Microsoft Excel program. Result of the instrument test shows that the reliability variable of principals’ leadership behavior is 0.920, organizational culture is 0.901, teacher’s job satisfaction is 0.930, and teacher’s organizational culture is 0.900. Then the obtained data was analyzed using Path Analysi and the result shows that principal’s leadership behavior (X1) has a direct positive effect on teacher’s organizational commitment (X4), with a path coefficient of 41 = 0.226 and significance level of t41 = 2,190; organizational commitment (X2) has a direct positive effect on teachers’ organizational commitment (X4), with a path coefficient of 42 = 0.214 and significance level of t42 = 2,317; Teachers’ Job Satisfaction (X3) has a direct positive effect on teachers’ organizational commitment (X4), with a path coefficient of 43 = 0.182 and a significance level of t43 = 2,074; principals’ leadership commitment (X1) has a direct positive effect on teachers’ job satisfaction (X3) with a path coefficient of 31 = 0.667 and significance level of t31 = 10,592; has organizational culture (X2) has a direct positive effect on teachers’ job satisfaction (X3) with a path coefficient of 32 = 0.166 and significance level of t32 = 2.63. Therefore this study found that the following have a direct effect on teachers’ organization commitment; principals’ leadership behavior, organizational culture, teachers’ job satisfaction, principals’ leadership behavior and organizational culture also has a significant effect on teachers’ job satisfaction.