THE INFLUENCE OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY AND MOTIVATION TO TEACHER PERFORMANCE WITH ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AS MEDIATING VARIABLE (Empirical study on Teachers of 15 State Senior High School, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia)

Abstract

This study is aimed to examine and analyze the influence of professional competency and motivation to teacher performance with organizational commitment as mediating variable on teachers of 15 State Senior High School, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. This research uses field research with quantitative approach. The population in this study is 60 teachers of 15 State Senior High School, Semarang. All of the total population is taken as sample. The analysis is conducted using multiple linear regression. Regression test is done to test hypothesis and mediation effect.

The result of this study shows that (1) Professional competency positively  significantly influences organizational commitment; (2) Motivation positively  significantly influences organizational commitment; (3) Professional competency  positively significantly influences teacher performance, (4) Motivation positively significantly influences teacher performance, (5) Organizational commitment positively significantly teacher performance, 6) Oganizational commitment does not mediate the influence of  professional competency to teacher performance, (7) Organizational commitment does not  mediate the influence of motivation to teacher performance

 Keywords: professional competency, motivation, organizational commitment, teacher performance