THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL’S LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS EFFICACY
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between teacher leadership behaviour and teacher efficacy. This study uses quantitative methods that apply the survey approach. The population of the study is 1398 primary school teachers in Kuala Nerus district, Terengganu. The sample consists of 130 teachers. Instructional study of leadership principals consists of 49 items. This instrument of principal’s leadership behaviour consists of 49 items which measured using the five-point Likert scale. The teacher's self-efficacy dimension consists of three dimensions consisting of 12 overall items which measured using a nine-point Likert scale. The teacher's self-efficacy instrument has a Cronbach Alpha 0.92 coefficient and teacher leadership behavioural instrument 0.91. The data of this study were analysed by using inferential statistic i.e. correlation. The findings show that there is a significant and positive correlation between the principal’s leadership behaviour with the level of self-efficacy of the teacher. The finding of this study explains that the principal’s leadership behaviour is also seen as one of the catalysts acting as a medium to ensure teachers are always committed to performing their duties as educators and remain motivated throughout the service.