The Influence of Transformational Leadership in Moderating the Performance of High School Lecturers Health Sciences (STIKES) in Riau Province

Abstract

This paper explains the influence of transformational leadership on the performance of Health Sciences College Lecturers (STIKES) in Riau Province. As a university, it can organize academic, professional and/or vocational programs, so it is required to have good performance. It is possible to improve the low performance of STIKES lecturers in Riau Province with the role of transformational leadership from the leadership elements at the university. This research uses quantitative methods with descriptive techniques by testing certain theories by analyzing the relationships between measured variables, usually using research tools consisting of numbers and analyzed according to statistical procedures. The scope of this research is in the field of human resource/HR management, especially performance, namely the performance of STIKES lecturers in Riau. The population in this research is all lecturers who teach at STIKES in Riau, totaling 183 people spread across 7 STIKES, with the criteria for lecturers who make up the population being permanent lecturers who already have a functional position and have a minimum of a Master's degree. Of the 183 STIKES lecturers in Riau who were sampled, 127 were lecturers because they met the criteria as permanent lecturers and had functional positions, 50 lecturers did not have functional positions, and 6 lecturers were still undergraduates, so they were excluded from the population. The research results show that there is an influence of transformational leadership on lecturers' performance when they lead charismatically, motivate, inspire, intellectual stimulus and individual attention to the lecturers' performance.