Examining the Mediating Role of School Culture on the Relationship between Transformational Leadership, Teacher Commitment and Organizational Change in Elementary School

Windasari Windasari (Educational Management Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Erny Roesminingsih (Educational Management Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Moh Sholeh (Educational Management Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Sri Setyowati (Early Childhood Education Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Mohd Izham bin Mohd Hamzah (Faculty of Education, University Kebangsaan, Malaysia)

Jurnal Kependidikan: Jurnal Hasil Penelitian dan Kajian Kepustakaan di Bidang Pendidikan, Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran
Vol 9, No 3 (2023): September

This study examines the mediating role of school culture on the relationship between transformational leadership, teacher commitment, and organizational change in elementary schools. This study used a quantitative Structural Equation Modeling approach to test the variable model. The subjects of this study were elementary school teachers in Surabaya city, with a total sample of 253. The research instrument used a 5 Likert scale and analyzed data using structural equation modeling. The results showed that transformational leadership and teacher commitment simultaneously and partially affect organizational change. Transformational leadership and teacher commitment also affect school culture. School culture played a role as a mediator in seeing the effect of teacher commitment on organizational change. Furthermore, school culture did not play a role as a mediator in measuring the effect of transformational leadership on organizational change.