Leadership is very important for the process of school improvement and implementation in the context of education (Colton, 2016). The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of principal transformational leadership that has been practiced in four main dimensions on the teacher‟s self-efficacy. Four dimensions of transformational leadership will be emphasized in this research such as idealized influence, individualistic consideration, intellectual stimulation, and inspirational motivation. The research problem of this research is how leadership practices practiced by leaders can improve the effectiveness of teachers in teaching needs to be addressed (Siti Noor Ismail et al., 2018). This issue has been supported by Dronnen-Schmidt (2014) about whether some strength in leader characteristics can predict a leader‟s transformational leadership style related to self-efficacy. Teachers with high self-efficacy should be studied to determine if having the possibility of spirituality is an important factor in why teachers believe that they are effective (Barsh, 2017). Therefore, this research is important to conduct because it focuses on the preschool context. Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Private Preschool, Self-efficacy, Principal
Objective - This research aimed to identify the Influence of Principal Transformational Leadership among preschool principals on the teacher’s self-efficacy. Next, this study examines the idealized influence of the individualistic consideration of intellectual stimulation and inspirational motivation of the principal's transformational leadership dimension on teacher self-efficacy. This paper analyzes the factor influencing principal leadership on preschool teachers' self-efficacy. Methodology/Technique - This research also involved a cross-sectional quantitative survey research design. 150 private preschool teachers from Penang were included as a sample in this study. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the data in this study. Findings – Results indicate that all the dimensions of transformational leadership positively influence a teacher’s self-efficacy. The idealized influence dimension, individualistic consideration, intellectual stimulation, and inspirational motivation positively influence teachers' self-efficacy. In addition, this study is significant because it will inform management and leadership in early childhood education, particularly in private preschools, and provide them with references. As a result, there is a connection between the leadership style used by principals in private preschools and the teachers' self-efficacy. Novelty - The study identifies the influence of teachers’ efficiency in the early childhood context. Type of Paper: Empirical JEL Classification: I20, I24. Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Private Preschool, Self-efficacy, Principal, Preschool teachers Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Fairos, S; Mydin, A.A. (2022). The Influence of Transformational Leadership by the Principal on Teachers' Self-Efficacy in a Private Preschool, J. Mgt. Mkt. Review, 7(3), 107 – 115. https://doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2022.7.3(3)
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