Leadership and Perceived Workload Moderating Effect on Teacher Commitment in Islamic School

Authors(4) :-Robby Anzil Firdaus, Dian Purnamasari, Stefy Falentino Akuba, Agus Purwanto

There are problems related to teacher commitment for carrying out their work in school. The object school in this studyfaces problems related to low teacher commitment, and it can be seen in the exit interview process. This study objective is to look for the moderating effect of motivation on leadership and perceived workload for teacher commitment at the school. This research was conducted at an Islamic school in the southern city of Tangerang, Indonesia. The method used census of 61 teachers. The data was analyzed using method Structural Equation Model (SEM) using SmartPLS software. The result shows that there is significant influence on leadership on commitment through mediating perceived workload.Motivation provides a moderating effect on perceived workload and leadership to show teacher commitment. Result shows that schools mustmotivate theteachers in order to foster commitment in teachers. The higher the motivation given for teacher, even inpoor leadership conditions it will give a good commitment for teacher to the school. The suggestion for next research is to find the connection of teacher commitment with the distribution of generations, teacher in the school which consists of several generation (X, Millennials& Z).

Authors and Affiliations

Robby Anzil Firdaus
Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
Dian Purnamasari
Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
Stefy Falentino Akuba
Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
Agus Purwanto
Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia

Structural Equation Model, Smart PLS, Structural Equation Model, Average Variance Extracted Composite Reliability, Leadership, Perceived Workload, Teacher Commitment

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 1 | January-February 2020
Date of Publication : 2020-02-29
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 81-87
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ203116
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

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Robby Anzil Firdaus, Dian Purnamasari, Stefy Falentino Akuba, Agus Purwanto, "Leadership and Perceived Workload Moderating Effect on Teacher Commitment in Islamic School ", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp.81-87, January-February.2020
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