THE INFLUENCE OF WORK SOFT SKILLS AND WORK MOTIVATION ON TEACHER WORK DISCIPLINE AT SMP NEGERI 24 MEDAN
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Work Soft Skills, Work Motivation, Work Discipline, Teachers, SMP Negeri 24 MedanAbstract
This study is motivated by the importance of work soft skills and work motivation in supporting the development of teachers' work discipline in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. Work discipline is an important aspect in supporting the orderly and successful implementation of educational activities in schools. This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of work soft skills and work motivation on teachers' work discipline at SMP Negeri 24 Medan, both partially and simultaneously. This research employed a quantitative approach with an associative research design. The population consisted of 40 active teachers at SMP Negeri 24 Medan. The sampling technique used was saturated sampling, in which all members of the population were included as research respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, observations, and documentation. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 25 through classical assumption tests, multiple linear regression analysis, partial (t) test, simultaneous (F) test, and coefficient of determination test. The results showed that work soft skills had a positive and significant effect on teachers' work discipline, with a t-value of 3.977 and a significance level of 0.000. Work motivation also had a positive and significant effect on teachers' work discipline, with a t-value of 3.882 and a significance level of 0.000. Simultaneously, work soft skills and work motivation had a positive and significant effect on teachers' work discipline, with an F-value of 129.586 and a significance level of 0.000. The Adjusted R Square value of 0.868 indicates that work soft skills and work motivation jointly explain 86.8% of the variation in teachers' work discipline, while the remaining 13.2% is explained by other variables outside the scope of this study. The findings indicate that strengthening work soft skills and work motivation is associated with improving teachers' work discipline in carrying out their duties and responsibilities.
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