The Relationship between Motivation and Competence on the Performance of State Senior High School Teachers in the Salibabu Islands, Talaud Islands Regency

Abstract

This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between motivation and competence on the performance of public high school teachers in the Salibabu Islands, Talaud Islands Regency. This study used a correlational study with a population of 76 ASN teachers from three schools. A total of 30 teachers were used as a trial, and a sample of 46 teachers was taken. Three research instruments were used: motivation, competence, and teacher performance in the form of a questionnaire. The results of the study are as follows. First, this study found a relationship between motivation (X1) and teacher performance (Y) in public high schools in the Salibabu Islands, Talaud Islands Regency, where Y ̂ = 67.41 + 0.41X and a hypothesis value of 15.54 > 4.06. Second, in line with these findings, it was also found that there is a relationship between competence (X2) and teacher performance (Y) in public high schools in the Salibabu Islands, Talaud Islands Regency, where Y ̂ = 71.13 + 0.35X and a hypothesis value of 6.08 > 4.06. Third, this study also found a simultaneous relationship between motivation (X1) and competence (X2) with teacher performance (Y) at public high schools in the Salibabu Islands, Talaud Islands Regency, where Y = 61.2 + 0.37X_1 + 0.10X_2, and the hypothesis value is 7.87 > 3.21.