Kompetensi kepimpinan dan kepuasan kerja pentadbir sekolah menengah agama bantuan kerajaan di Malaysia
Date
2016
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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Abstract
Leadership competencies and job satisfaction among administrators are important elements in an organization. This mix-method study was conducted to determine the needs of leadership competencies and job satisfaction among the administrators of Government Aided Religious School (SABK) in Malaysia. The sampling of the schools involved in this study was from five main zones which were the eastern zone, the central zone, the southern zone, the northern zone and the Sabah and Sarawak zone. From these zones, 220 participants consisting of principals and assistant principals participated in this study. Hie SABK Administrator Leadership Competency Instrument was used in this survey which had seven main leadership competency domains namely: i) policies and planning, ii) focus on achievement, iii) improvement and innovation, iv) office management, v) knowledge and guidance, vi) self-management and vii) Islamic leadership. The seven domains of leadership competencies were itemized into 30 leadership competencies construct which comprised of 116 items.The Job descriptive Index Instruments (JDI) had six dimensions namely: i) work conditions, ii) salaries and workload, iii) opportunities for promotion, iv) work monnonng, v) side-job in school and vi) colleagues. The six dimensions of job satisfaction among administrator of Government Aided Religious School (SABK) had 46 items. Qualitative interviews with eight administrators elected by purposive sampling were conducted to know the efficient methods (approaches) that fulfill the SABK administrator’s leadership competencies. The analysis of this study was done by using descriptive and inferential statistical which involved frequency, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression and non-parametric tests which were Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis. The results showed that the leadership competence of office management domain was urgently needed and was the highest requirement by the administrators of the Government Aided Religious School (SABK). The policy and planning domain was also needed but was at the lowest requirement in the leadership competencies. The Job Descriptive Index Model indicated that the colleagues dimension in school had the highest satisfying score, while the promotion opportunities dimensions recorded a lowest satisfying score. The study also found that the leadership competency domain in office management was the dominant factor contributing to job satisfaction of school administrators. The findings from the interviews explained that the administrator’s leadership competencies can be met via acquisition of organization management knowledge, collaborative work, compliant to the head, diligence and perseverance for the improvement of school performance
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Thesis (Ph.D (Management and Administration in Education))
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Job satisfaction, Teachers -- Job satisfaction, School management and organization -- Psychological aspects