THE ROLE OF GREEN INNOVATION LEADERSHIP IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: POLICY AS MODERATOR AND COMPETENCY AS MEDIATOR

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the role of Green Innovational leadership in improving the quality of vocational high school graduates, which is mediated by competence and moderated by school policies.  The population studied was Vocational High Schools in East Java, Indonesia. Researchers used simple random sampling techniques in sampling, with 935 respondents as the research sample. Data collection was done through a google form link linked to a social media account. The data analysis technique used is SEM-PLS.  The results showed that Green Innovational leadership proved to have a positive and significant effect on the quality of graduates, indicating that environmentally oriented leadership has an important role in improving the quality of graduates. Individual competence also has a positive and significant effect on the quality of graduates, indicating that the higher the competence, the better the quality of graduates produced. However, the effect of Green Innovational leadership on graduate quality is not direct and significant, but rather influences through competence as a significant mediating variable. Meanwhile, policy is not proven to moderate the relationship between Green Innovational leadership and graduate quality, which indicates that the existence of policy is not strong enough to strengthen or weaken the relationship. The novelty of this research contributes to the development of the concept of leadership in vocational education by applying competency variables as mediators and policies as moderators.