Abstract: Leadership is a subject that
attracts attention because it is often associated with influence, power and
wealth. in this study, the researcher only chose one leadership style, namely
transformational leadership. The concept of transformational leadership was
introduced by James Mac Gregor Burns in 1979 in his study related to political
leadership. According to Burns, transformational leadership is a process in
which leaders and followers help each other to increase motivation and morale
to a higher level the researcher only chose one leadership style, namely
Transformational Leadership. The concept of transformational leadership was
introduced by James Mac Gregor Burns in 1979 in his study related to political
leadership. This study was conducted to
develop and validate an instrument based on the EFA process for measuring the Principal Transformational Leadership (based on Cultivating Ideal Influence, Building
Intellectual Stimulation, Inspiring Motivation, Individual Consideration),
Teacher Commitment and Classroom Assessment teachers of Terengganu National Schools. This study
uses quantitative research methods based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
to analyze various relationships between variables in the study model. Before
the data is analyzed using SEM, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is carried
out to identify the appropriateness of the items used in the research
instrument. This study describes in detail the procedure of conducting EFA
analysis for each construct. The findings of this study show validity values
based on Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO), Total Variance
Explained (TVE), Factor Loading (FL) and reliability values based on
Cronbach's Alpha (CA), have met all the required values.
Keywords:
Exploratory Factor Analysis
(EFA), Validity, Total
Variance Explained, Factor Loading, Reliability