The Effect of School Culture, Horizontal Communication, Knowledge Management, and Work Motivation of State Junior High Schools Teacher Performance in Medan

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effect of school culture, horizontal communication, management knowledge, and work motivation on teacher performance. The population in this study is 237 mathematics teachers in state junior high school and the sample consisted of 149 teachers. The results show that: school culture affects work motivation with a path coefficient of 0.318, horizontal communication influences work motivation with a path coefficient of 0.422,  knowledge management affects work motivation with path coefficients of 0.233, school culture influences teacher performance with a path coefficient of 0.238,  horizontal communication influences teacher performance with a path coefficient of 0.315,  knowledge management affects the performance of teachers with a path coefficient of 0.169, and work motivation affects the performance of teachers with a path coefficient of 0.306. Based on these findings,  it can be concluded that the strengthening of school culture, horizontal communication, and management knowledge causes higher work motivation which  make performance better.

Keywords: School culture, horizontal communication, knowledge management, work motivation, performance

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-15-11

Publication date:May 31^st 2020