Negative Effect of Local Politics on Multifactor Leadership of Junior High School Principals: Empirical Facts from Indonesia

Abstract

This research focuses on investigating and examining the influence of local politics on the multifactor leadership of junior high school principals. The method used is a quantitative survey, with the unit of analysis being principals and teachers as respondents from 15 districts (regencies and cities) in Lampung Province. The data collection instrument used was the standardized multifactor leadership questionnaire in the Indonesian version resulting from the translation from English by an expert in the subject and was then discussed in the Forum Group Discussion to get good readability items. The questionnaire was completed by 393 teachers as respondents in 15 districts. The collected data were examined using the SEM Amos Version 22. The results show that the score of local political influence on multifactor leadership is -0,333, transformational is -1,877, transactional is -2,061, and laissez-faire is -,333. The authors conclude that local politics negatively affects all latent variables and all dimensions of multifactor leadership. This research contributes to human resource management and leadership in maintaining and developing and mainstreaming effective management and leadership practices which in this case is multifactor leadership by reducing a disturbing factor: anxiety.