Vol. 6, No. 2, 2021, pp. 432-441 DOI: https://doi.org/10.29210/021067jpgi0005 Contents lists available at Journal IICET JPGI (Jurnal Penelitian Guru Indonesia) ISSN: 2541-3163(Print) ISSN: 2541-3317 (Electronic) Journal homepage: https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jpgi 432 The influence of organization atmosphere and school leadership on teacher performance in senior high school Tri Handayani 1 , Happy Fitria 2 , Yenny Puspita 2 1 Sekolah Menengah Atas PGRI 2 Palembang, Indonesia 2 Universitas PGRI Palembang, Indonesia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Jul 19 th , 2021 Revised Aug 13 th , 2021 Accepted Aug 30 th , 2021 This objective of the study was to know 1) the influence of organization atmosphere on the teacher performance, 2) the influence of school leadership on the teacher performance and 3) the influence of organization atmosphere and school leadership on the teacher performance. This research uses quantitative methods. The population was the all teachers at Senior High School with the total 69 teachers and 1 headmaster. The Sampling was use random sampling technique at 25 respondents and multiple linear regression formula. Data collection is done by questionaire and documentations. Data were analyzed descriptively using SPPS Version 20 for windows. From the results of the study it can be concluded that 1) there was an influence of organization atmosphere on the teacher performance, 2) there was an influence of school leadership on the teacher performance and 3) there was an influence of organization atmosphere and school leadership on the teacher performance. Keyword: Organization atmosphere School leadership Teacher performance © 2021 The Authors. Published by IICET. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 Corresponding Author: Handayani, T., Sekolah Menengah Atas PGRI 2 Palembang, Indonesia Email: trihandayani0205@gmail.com Introduction The teacher is one of the most important resources for the progress of a school. Teachers have a duty to educate, teach and train. Educating means to continue and develop the values of life, teaching means to continue and develop the science pengetah agi uan, training means developing skills in students. In carrying out these duties and responsibilities, a teacher is required to have certain abilities and skills. Teacher performance is influenced by various factors that are interrelated with each other to form the quality of the work of the teacher itself. Gibson in (Suharsaputra, 2010: 147) states that "The factors that influence performance are individual variables, organizational variables and psychological variables." Based on this opinion, the factors that influence teacher performance include teacher competence, principal leadership, and organizational environment. Principal leadership is related to the performance of teachers. The quality of the principal's leadership affects the teacher's response to his work. According to Robbin (2003: 432) leadership is the ability to influence a group towards achieving goals. Good leadership can be seen from the performance of the principal which appears in the managerial aspects that are owned. This is in line with the opinion of Hersey and Blanchard (1982: 5) which states, " It is generally a great that there are at least three areas of skill necessary for carrying out the process of management: technical, human, conceptual ." The three managerial skills relate to teacher performance, namely in the implementation of tasks which in turn will also relate to the achievement of educational goals.