The Influence of Principal’s Communication Skills and Quality of Leadership on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the influence of principal’s communication skills and quality of leadership on teachers’ job satisfaction. The analysis unit of this study was teachers in Public Senior High School/Public Vocational High School and Public Junior High School in Indonesia. Samples of the study were 95 respondents selected using a multistage stratified random sampling technique. Data collected were statistically processed by a multiple linear regression technique after meeting the criteria of validity and reliability tests. The results showed that principal’s communication skills and quality of leadership significantly affected teachers’ job satisfaction as indicated by the regression equation: Ŷ = 13.90 + 0.30X₁ + 0.47X₂ + e.

Keywords: communication skills, quality of leadership, job satisfaction