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Research Paper | Management | Indonesia | Volume 3 Issue 6, June 2014
Principals' Managerial Skills; School Organizational Climate; and Teachers' Work Morale at State Senior High Schools in Merauke Regency-Papua-Indonesia
Abstract: Teachers' work morale can directly impact to teachers? productivity and; in turn; impact to students? academic achievement. This study aimed to describe the relationship among principals? managerial skills; school organizational climate; and teachers? work morale at state senior high schools in Merauke Regency; Papua; Indonesia. The nature of this research was a correlational research that was conducted using survey method as it sought to establish relationships among various variables of the research. The population comprised 164 teachers at State Senior High Schools in Merauke Regency. In order to have representative samples; the researcher used the table of Krecjie. Based on the table of Krecjie; if the population is approximately 160-170; then the sample zise could be approximately 113-118. For this research; the sample was 118 state senior high schools? teachers or 71.95 % of the population. Questionaires were the main tool of the research to collect data. The data were given quantitative treatment using path analyses technique. In order that data were analyzed well; the researcher using the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 for Windows. Based on the data analyses; the findings showed that: (a) there was a significant relationship between principals managerial skills and school organizational climate at state senior high schools in Merauke Regency; (b) there was a significant relationship between principals? managerial skills and teachers? work morale at state senior high schools in Merauke Regency; and (c) there was a non significant relationship between school organizational climate and teachers? work morale at state senior high schools in Merauke Regency.
Keywords: principals' managerial skills, school organizational climate, teachers' work morale, state senior high schools, merauke regency
Edition: Volume 3 Issue 6, June 2014,
Pages: 691 - 695