BUDAYA SEKOLAH, MOTIVASI KERJA, KOMITMEN TUGAS SEBAGAI FAKTOR DETERMINAN DALAM MEMPENGARUHI KINERJA KEPALA SMP KABUPATEN PESISIR SELATAN

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The aim of this study was to determine the direct and indirect relationships between
exogenous variables on endogenous between school’s culture, employee’s motivation and
commitment to the performance of the principal’s tasks. The background of this study
begins with the discovery of a variety issues regarding the performance of the junior high
school’s principal in Pesisir Selatan that the problem is dominated by the culture of
school, work motivation, and commitment to the task.
This research belongs to quantitative through path analysis approach. Population
in this research is 70 principals of junior high school in Pesisir Selatan. The samples in
this study were selected by using random sampling techniques. Samples obtained from the
randomization are 59. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using
analysis Product Moment analysis by using SPSS version 16.
Findings prove that: (1) there is influence of culture (X1) on the performance of
school’s principals (Y) by 75.8%; (2) there is influence of work motivation (X2) on the
performance of school’s principals (Y) by 51.9%; (3) there is influence of task commitment
(X3) on the performance of school’s principals (Y) by 49.5%; (4) there is a direct effect of
school’s culture (X1) to task commitment (X3) by 37.7%; (5) there is a direct effect of work
motivation (X2) to task commitment (X3) by 8.79%; (6) there is no direct effect of school’s
culture (X1) of the principal’s performance (Y) via the task commitment (X3) by 37.16 %;
and (7) there is no direct effect of work motivation (X2) on the performance of school’s
principals (Y) via the task commitment (X3) by 44.6%.
Keywords: School’s Culture, Work Motivation, Task Commitment, Principal’s
Performance.