How Strong Is The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership And Interpersonal Trust? A Teacher's Perspective

Abstract

Interpersonal trust formed in schools is also determined by the quality of principal's transformational leadership. This study aimed to explain the relationship between the principal's transformational leadership and interpersonal trust of teachers at Vocational High School in Manado City. This study uses a survey method with a correlational research design. The sample in this study amounted to 89 teachers spread over 39 schools. Research data were collected using a questionnaire technique and processed by descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques. The results showed the principal's transformational leadership positively correlated with teachers' interpersonal trust. Therefore, it is suggested that the formation of teacher interpersonal trust in schools requires the role of the principal as an effective transformational leader and the expansion of this research by integrative analysis of the determinants, the nature of mediating and intermediary relationships and the consequences of interpersonal trust.