The Effect of Training and Communication on Work Motivation and Its Implications in Performance of Public High School Teachers in Cirebon City

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of training and communication both partially and jointly on the work motivation and the performance of PublicHigh School teachers in Cirebon City.

The research method used is descriptive-verification through surveys. The population of this study is 580 PublicHigh School teachers in Cirebon City, to determine the number of samples using the Slovin formula with a proportionate random sampling technique to obtain a sample of 237 teachers as respondents. Data collection techniques using questionnaires and data analysis techniques using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Lisrel 8.7 as a data processing tool.

The results showed that training had a positive effect on teacher work motivation but was not significant, communication had a positive and significant effect on teacher work motivation, training had a positive and significant effect on teacher performance, communication had no effect on teacher performance. Training and communication together have a positive and significant effect on work motivation, with a contribution value of 73%. The dominant variable influencing work motivation is communication, and the dominant variable influencing teacher performance is work motivation.

Managerial implications are explained in this study that the variable work motivation in improving teacher performance is partial mediating for communication variables. Meanwhile, to increase work motivation need to pay attention to aspects of work intensity, especially those related to seriousness in work, high intensity of work, high creativity and high initiative.