The Effect of Incentive Reward, Teacher Psychological Competence, and School Principal Leadership on Teacher Work Motivation in Senior High Schools in Medan

The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of incentive reward motivation, teacher psychological competence and school principal leadership on work motivation. Data were collected from closed-ended questionnaires and analyzed by applying the SPSS and AMOS programs. Test results indicated a direct effect of incentive reward on teacher work motivation as much as 0.411. The direct effect of teacher psychological competence on work motivation was 0.169. The direct effect of school principal leadership on work motivation was 0.249.

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