Abstract─One of factors which highly influenced the teachers’ performance was the leadership of the principals. There were many leadership models which could be implemented by the school principals and one of them which was transformational leadership was considered very effective in improving the teachers’ performance. The aim of the current study was to test the effectiveness of the implementation of the transformational leadership of the school principals in motivating the teachers’ work motivation. The study was conducted in Malang by taking 120 elementary teachers as the samples which were chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The data was collected by using questionnaire and was analyzed by using correlation analysis of Pearson’s product moment and structural equation modeling. Based on the analyzed data, it was proven that the transformational leadership of the school principals had a significantly positive influence in motivating the teachers’ work motivation. Among the four dimensions of the transformational leadership, intellectual dimension had the highest coefficient of influence in motivating the teachers’ work motivation.
 

Index Terms─transformational leadership, work motivation, school principals, teachers

Cite: Bambang Budi Wiyono, "The Effectiveness of the Implementation of Principals’ Transformational Leadership in Motivating Teachers to Carry Out Their Profession Duties," International Journal of Learning and Teaching, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 144-147, June 2017. doi: 10.18178/ijlt.3.2.144-147