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European Journal of Education Studies ISSN: 2501 - 1111 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1111 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Volume 3 │ Issue 7 │ 2017 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.809389 THE EFFECT OF PRINCIPALS’ TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF BOVEN DIGOEL DISTRICT, PAPUA, INDONESIA Basilius Redan Werang1i, Anak Agung Gede Agung2 Universitas Musamus Merauke, Jl. Kamizaun, 1 Merauke 99611, Indonesia Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, 2 Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia Abstract: School organizational climate is the visceral 'sense' of safety and belonging that people experience on site. This present study aimed at describing the effect of principals’ transformational leadership and teachers’ socioeconomic status on school organizational climate in the Elementary Schools of Boven Digoel Regency, Papua? Two problem statements guided the study as follows a does principals’ transformational leadership effect positively and significantly on school organizational climate in the elementary schools of Boven Digoel Regency, Papua? and b does teachers’ socioeconomic status effect positively and significantly on school organizational climate in the elementary schools of Boven Digoel Regency, Papua? A purposive sampling was used to obtain 7 drawn from amongs 4 elementary schools’ teachers of Boven Digoel Regency, Papua. Data were analysed quantitatively using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version . Findings of the study showed that a principals’ transformational leadership effects positively effect on school organizational climate in the elementary schools of Boven Digoel Regency, Papua and b teachers’ socioeconomic status effect positively and significantly on school organizational climate in the elementary schools of Boven Digoel Regency, Papua. These findings might be worthwhile for the Head of Education Office at regional government level to take an effort of improving both principals’ transformational leadership and teachers’ Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 57 Basilius Redan Werang, Anak Agung Gede Agung THE EFFECT OF PRINCIPALS’ TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF BOVEN DIGOEL DISTRICT, PAPUA, INDONESIA socioeconomic status in order that school organizational climate is condusive for all on site. Keywords: transformational leadership, socioeconomic status, school organizational climate, principal, teachers For downloading the full article, please access the following link: http://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejes/article/view/810 European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 3 │ Issue 7 │ 2017 58