Managerial Performance in Developing School Climate to Improve School Quality

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of managerial performance on school climate and school quality directly and indirectly. This study used a quantitative method with structural equation model (SEM) analysis on 162 teachers in Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia. The results of the study showed that school climate mediated the influence of managerial performance on school quality. The influence of managerial performance on school quality was performed directly and indirectly. Managerial performance and school climate simultaneously strongly explained the high and low school quality of 89.2%, whereas the remaining 10.8% was influenced by other factors not examined in this study. It can be concluded that the improvement of school quality is developed on managerial performance and is oriented toward a conducive school climate.