Assessing Adaptive Leadership to Develop Teacher Performance in Indonesia
Sumiati, Aan Komariah, Dedy Achmad Kurniady, Asep Suryana

Educational Administration, Faculty of Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung 40154, Indonesia

Abstract

Although there has been sizable growth in the number of empirical studies of principal leadership for teacher performance, relatively few published studies have investigated leadership in complex situation in education field. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship and implication of principal adaptive leadership behavior and skill to develop teacher performance in Indonesian school context. This study used a quantitative approach to causality. The data were collected through questionnaires. This study used a sample of 364 respondents from public elementary school teachers in Bogor district to determine the sample size using the saturated sample formula. A partial least square structural equation modeling (SEM-PLS) was applied to estimate measurement and structural models. The results of this study showed that both Adaptive leadership behavior and skill has a significant and positive relationship to teacher performance. Through the findings of this study, adopting adaptive leadership practices and skills, principal could imply such in turbulence time or complex situation in order to build school policies related to improve teacher performance.

Keywords: Adaptive Leadership, Teacher Performance, School

Topic: Innovative Education in the Digital Era