Work Attitudes of School Principals and Their Influence on Teacher Performance: A Mediated Approach via Work Motivation

Background Teacher performance is influenced by pedagogical competence, motivation, organizational culture, and school leadership. Although previous studies emphasize leadership style, a gap remains regarding the effect of school principals’ work attitude on teacher performance, particularly at SMP Negeri 1 Kutorejo, Mojokerto, which is the focus of this study. Purpose This research aims to analyze the effect of school principals’ work attitude on teacher performance through work motivation. Research Methodology This study employs a quantitative correlational approach with a population of 38 teachers and saturated sampling. Data were collected using an online Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed using SEM-PLS in SmartPLS, including tests for convergent validity, discriminant validity, reliability, and inter-variable hypotheses. Result The results indicate that both directly and indirectly, the principals’ work attitude through work motivation does not significantly affect teacher performance, as the t-statistic value is less than 1.96 and the p-value is greater than 0.05. Conclusion Teacher performance is not significantly influenced by principals’ work attitude, either directly or indirectly.