PENGARUH SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP TERHADAP PERILAKU INOVATIF GURU DIMEDIASI AUTONOMOUS MOTIVATION

Abstrak

This study aims to examine the effect of spiritual leadership on teachers' innovative behavior, with autonomous motivation as a mediating variable. A quantitative survey was conducted among 95 teachers selected proportionally from three state Islamic junior high schools (MTsN) in Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, out of a population of 124 teachers. Data were collected using a five-point Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS 3.0. The results show that spiritual leadership has a positive and significant effect on autonomous motivation (β = 0.714) and on teachers' innovative behavior (β = 0.218). Autonomous motivation also has a positive and significant effect on innovative behavior (β = 0.614). The indirect effect of spiritual leadership on innovative behavior through autonomous motivation is significant (β = 0.439), indicating partial mediation. The model explains 51.0% of the variance in autonomous motivation and 61.7% in innovative behavior. These findings suggest that school principals who apply spiritual values can foster teachers' innovation mainly by strengthening teachers' internal motivation.

Kata kunci

• Autonomous Motivation
• Innovative Behavior
• spiritual leadership