The Leadership of School Principals in Egalitarian Matrilineal Society of Minangkabau

The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of egalitarian cultural factors and a more dominant leadership style in principal leadership practices. The research sample was determined based on urban and inner- city zones with a total of 134 samples consisting of 8 school principals, 32 deputy principals, and 94 teachers. Stratified random utilized a survey design with quantitative methods, in which data were collected using a questionnaire as an instrument. Data were analyzed by utilizing SPSS 2.0 to calculate mean, percentage, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results showed that learning leadership was more dominant and had the highest influence compared to the other two leadership styles. Four dimensions of transformational leadership influence simultaneously, the dominant influence is given by the Idealized Influence dimension. Two dimensions of learning leadership affect effective learning. The greatest influence is provided by the dimension of learning supervision. Four of the five indicators of Minangkabau cultural values have a significant effect on the leadership of the principals.