The Influence of Conflict Management, Work Climate, and Job Satisfaction on Performance of Private Junior High School Principals

The purpose of this study was to know the influence of conflict management, work climate and job satisfaction on performance of Private Junior High School Principals in
Padang City. This study used quantitative type with path analysis. The population of this study was 54 Private Junior High School Principals in Padang City while the sample was determined by using total sampling where the entire population was used as a sample. Data were collected by using questionnaire and analyzed by using SPSS. The results of analysis showed that: 1) conflict management (x1) directly influenced job satisfaction of Private Junior High School Principals (x3) of 0.774, 2) conflict management (x1) directly influenced performance of Private Junior High School Principals (y) of 0.669, 3) work climate (x2) directly influenced job satisfaction of Private Junior High School Principals (x3) of 0.750, 4) work climate (x2) directly influenced performance of Private Junior High School Principals (y) of 0.591, 5) job satisfaction (x3) directly influenced performance of (y) of 0.665, 6) conflict
management (x1) indirectly influenced performance of Private Junior High School Principals (y) through job satisfaction (x3) of 0.515, 7) work climate (x1) indirectly influenced performance of Private Junior High School Principals (y) through job satisfaction (x3) of 0.499. It can be concluded that performance of Private Junior High School Principals in Padang City was influenced by conflict management, work
climate, and job satisfaction.