Can Job Satisfaction Mediate the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence on Teacher Performance?

This study aims to analyze the role of job satisfaction in mediating the
relationship between emotional intelligence and intellec tual intelligence on the
performance of the high school teachers. This study uses a research design
with an associative quantitative approach. Data was collected through
documentation and online questionnaires. This study used a sample of 39
respondents with the determination of the sample size using the saturated
sample formula. Partial least square is applied to examine the relationship
between teacher performance, job satisfaction, emotional intelligence and
intellectual intelligence. The results of this study indicate that of the seven
hypotheses developed there are two accepted hypotheses, that is, for the effect
of emotional intelligence on job satisfaction, it is obtained that the results of a
significant effect and the influence of spiritual intelligence on teacher
performance are also obtained significant results. Meanwhile, the other 5
hypotheses developed were not significant. Through the findings of this study, it
is hoped that it can provide additional information for various parties, especially
the school, to pay attention to the factors that affect teacher performance and
job satisfaction, so that teachers gain comfort and confidence to continue to
improve their performance in implementing learning in schools .