Al-Ta'lim
Vol 23, No 1 (2016)

The Influence of Principals’ Leadership Styles on School Innovation in Jambi (Case Study in Several Senior High Schools in Jambi)

Samsu Samsu (Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher’s Training IAIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi Jl. Jambi-Ma. Bulian KM.16 Simpang Sungai Duren Kabupaten Muaro Jambi, Provinsi Jambi-Indonesia)
Rusmini Rusmini (Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher’s Training IAIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi Jl. Jambi-Ma. Bulian KM.16 Simpang Sungai Duren Kabupaten Muaro Jambi, Provinsi Jambi-Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Feb 2016

Abstract

School leadership styles that affect school innovation is essential to bring schools’ changes. This study aimed to determine school leadership styles and its effect on school innovation at the senior high school level in Jambi city. This study uses ten leadership styles, they are participative, laissez faire, authoritarian, democratic, charismatic, transformational, situational, trust, grid, and three-dimensional leaderships. The framework of the research are developed by associating ten leadership styles with school innovations including (1) the principal's role in doing innovation in the schools, (2) the forms of innovation implemented in the areas of academic achievement, (3) the form of innovations carried out in the field sports and (4) the form of innovations implemented in the institutional field, and (5) the forms of innovation undertaken in the field of school’ culture. There are 32 teachers and 32 principals were taken as samples. This study used mixed methods research. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and correlation. The results showed that the overall principal's leadership style is not sufficient to affect senior high school innovation in Jambi city, this is evidenced by there are only three of those ten leadership styles have positive relationship when they are doing school’s innovations in Jambi city. Thus, the principals should give attention to all the leadership styles to do innovation at senior high school in Jambi city to improve the quality of schools.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

attalim

Publisher

Subject

Religion Education

Description

Al-Talim, a peer-reviewed journal, is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education. The journal aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of the field of education and plays an important role in promoting the process that accumulated knowledge, values, and ...