The Relationship between Personality and Managerial Ability of School Principals with Work Motivation of Elementary School Teachers

Abstract

This study focuses on examining the relationship between the Principal's Personality and Managerial Ability and the Motivation of Primary School Teacher Work in East Jakarta District. The study was conducted at Elementary School Teachers in the Matraman District, East Jakarta, Academic Year 2018/2019. The research methodology used is the survey methodology with correlational techniques. The population in this study were all elementary school teachers in Matraman District, with a sample of 60 teachers from each village. Sampling with cluster random sampling. Data about the principal's personality, managerial abilities, and work motivation of teachers were collected with instruments in the form of a Likert scale. The results of the study: (1) there is a positive relationship between the principal's personality and the teacher's work motivation, (2) there is a positive relationship between the principal's managerial ability and the teacher's work motivation, (3) there is a positive relationship between the principal's personality and the principal's managerial ability together with the teacher's work motivation. The conclusion that teacher work motivation can be improved by maximizing: (1) the principal's personality, and (2) the managerial ability of the principal.