ASSESSING THE ROLE OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP IN ENHANCING TEACHER COMMITMENT, PERFORMANCE, AND ENGAGEMENT

• Siska Okta Ramadani

  Jambi University

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• Diding Hawari

  Jambi University

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• Aluisius Kevin

  Jambi University

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• Dilla Nurhalimah

  Jambi University

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The study examines how spiritual leadership improves teacher commitment, performance, and engagement in educational institutions. Spiritual leadership promotes comprehensive teacher development through transcendent values, ethical integrity, and motivational inspiration. Traditional leadership styles stress management efficacy. Indonesian empirical research on its impact is scarce despite its potential. The main goal was to explore spiritual leadership as an exogenous predictor of teacher dedication, engagement, and performance to fill gaps in how spiritual aspects affect education. The quantitative design used SmartPLS version 3.2.9 for Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). G*Power required 387 participants for 0.95 power, and 300 Indonesian instructors were recruited using online questionnaires (Likert scale: 1–5). Reliable instruments, developed from earlier studies, examined spiritual leadership (2 items), teacher commitment (6 items), engagement (6 items), and performance (6 items) (Cronbach's α >0.70, AVE >0.50, HTMT <0.90). The study found that spiritual leadership favorably impacted teacher commitment (β=0.632, p<0.001), engagement (β=0.505, p<0.001), and indirectly performance (β=0.501, p<0.001) and engagement (β=0.360, p<0.001). The model explains 39.9% of variance in commitment (moderate), 25.5% in engagement (poor), and 61.2% in performance (strong), with predictive significance (Q²=0.212–0.371 According to value-based motivation research, spiritual leadership can increase teacher dedication and efficacy. Educational leaders should use spiritual training to boost retention and performance. Cross-sectional data and self-reports are limitations; longitudinal study could examine factors like corporate culture

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