This article reports on the effects of motivation, management transparency, and compensation on junior high schools teachers’ performance. The current study employed a quantitative design involving 66 teachers serving at 6 public junior high schools in Western Seram regency. Data was collected using a reliable and valid questionnaire. Path analysis was performed to examine the direct or indirect effects of the exogenous variables on the endogenous variables. Findings indicated that compensation did not show any direct effect on teachers’ performance, but through transparency (23%) and motivation (15%). Meanwhile, transparency was reported to impact teachers’ performance directly (35%) and had no direct effect on motivation (23%). The results also suggested an undeviating effect of motivation on teachers’ performance (47%). Therefore, the total effects of compensation, transparency, and motivation on teachers’ performance were 49%, 58%, and 47% respectively.

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印度尼西亚西塞拉姆初中教师绩效的薪酬、透明度和激励效应

本文报告了动机、管理透明度和薪酬对初中教师绩效的影响。目前的研究采用了一项定量设计，涉及在西塞兰摄政区 6 所公立初中任职的 66 名教师。使用可靠且有效的问卷收集数据。进行路径分析以检查外生变量对内生变量的直接或间接影响。结果表明，薪酬对教师的表现没有任何直接影响，而是通过透明度（23%）和动机（15%）。同时，据报道透明度直接影响教师的表现（35%），对积极性没有直接影响（23%）。结果还表明动机对教师表现的影响是不变的（47%）。所以，