Creative Thinking of Vocational High School Teachers: Effects of Transformational Leadership and Job Satisfaction

Abstract

In the teaching and learning process, a teacher must be able to make creative thinking steps, because it can provide a more optimal contribution in achieving the learning objectives of learning. If a teacher does teaching, the teaching implementation process will be more interesting, focused and increase the enthusiasm of students to learn more deeply. Factors of leadership and job satisfaction often become a reference in developing creativity. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of transformational leadership, job satisfaction on creativity. This research uses a quantitative approach with a survey method. The population in this study were all teachers who had academic qualifications and teacher competency certificates totaling 483 teachers. The sample in this study, Private Vocational Schools teachers in Karawang Regency. The technique used to determine the sample is a simple random sampling technique, which is a technique that provides equal opportunities for each element of the selected population. The sample size in this study uses the Slovin formula. Based on the above calculation, it can be seen that the sample in this study amounted to 219 teachers. The data collection technique uses a questionnaire with a Likert scale. The results of this study indicate there is a direct effect on transformational leadership on creativity, there is a direct effect on job satisfaction on creativity, and there is a direct effect on transformational leadership on job satisfaction .