PENGARUH KOMUNIKASI KEPALA SEKOLAH TERHADAP KINERJA GURU DAN STAF PEGAWAI PADA SMP SWASTA SULTAN AGUNG PEMATANGSIANTAR

The formulation of the problem in this research is the communication provided by the Principal Private
SMP Sultan Agung Pematangsiantar the performance of teachers and staff employees. The purpose of this study
to determine how communication is applied and how much influence the communication on the performance of
teachers and staff employees at private junior Pematangsiantar Sultan Agung, and to know what are the things
that need to be repaired and maintained to be able to produce a good performance through the application of
communication. To answer the above problem, the author conducted research through library research and field
research. Data collection methods used were questionnaires, interviews and documentation methods. While the
data used to analyze the qualitative descriptive analysis method and quantitative descriptive analysis method. The analysis shows a positive influence between the two variables with the strength of the relationship
being that is equal to 0.5722. The coefficient of determination of 32.74% means that the performance of teachers
and staff employees can be explained by the principal communications and 67.26% can be explained by other
factors not addressed in this study. From the research, the authors came to the conclusion that the principal
communication has a positive effect on the performance of teachers and staff employees at private junior
Pematangsiantar Sultan Agung. This is demonstrated through hypothesis testing t count> t table (4.068> 2.033).
However, the performance of teachers and staff employees in addition to be preserved, must also be increased. Hence the need for continuous communication improvement on SMP Private Pematangsiantar Sultan Agung. Keywords : Communication and Performance