This study aims to determine the effect of transformational leadership and work group characteristics on the job satisfaction of educators in HKBP Private High Schools in North Sumatra Province. The population of this study was all full-time educators at HKBP Private High School with a sample of 131 taken by proportional random sampling technique. The research data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed with path analysis techniques. The results of the study showed that transformational leadership and the characteristics of the working group had a significant effect on the job satisfaction of educators. Conclusion, the more effective the transformational leadership of the principal is the higher job satisfaction, and the higher the support characteristics of the working group the higher the job satisfaction of the educator. The implication of the results of this study explains that to improve educator job satisfaction can be done by increasing the effectiveness of the principal's transformational leadership and the development of the characteristics of educator working groups..
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