The Role of Job Satisfaction in Mediating the Effect of Recognition on Teacher Performance at SMP Negeri 1 Binjai
Keywords:
Recognition, Job Satisfaction, Teacher PerformanceAbstract
Teacher performance plays a strategic role in determining the quality of education in schools. Various organizational factors are thought to influence teacher performance, including rewards and job satisfaction. This study aims to analyze the effect of rewards on teacher performance with job satisfaction as a mediating variable at SMP Negeri 1 Binjai. This study uses a quantitative approach with a census method, in which all 64 teachers were respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method with the help of SmartPLS software. The test results show that rewards have a positive but not significant direct effect on teacher performance. However, rewards have a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, and job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on teacher performance. In addition, the indirect effect test results prove that job satisfaction can significantly mediate the effect of rewards on teacher performance. These findings indicate that job satisfaction plays an important role as a connecting mechanism between rewards and teacher performance. This study implies that improving teacher performance is not enough through the provision of rewards alone, but needs to be balanced with efforts to continuously improve teacher job satisfaction. The results of this study are expected to be taken into consideration by schools in designing human resource management policies that are oriented towards the welfare and performance improvement of teachers.
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