The study entitled ‘The relationship of principals’ leadership and school climate with teachers’
motivation among the secondary school teachers was held in Sri Aman, Sarawak. A total of 188
respondents were selected through random sampling method. It is a quantitative research completed by
using questionnaires. Principals’ leadership has been measured using the Leadership Behavior
Description Questionnaire (LBDQ), while the school climate was measured by using the School-Level
Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ). A measuring instrument Questionnaire Measure of Individual
Differences in Achieving Tendecy (QMAT) was used to measure the level of teachers’ motivation. The
Cronbach’s Alpha values for the three questionnaires were .926, .747 and .792. The study found that
the level of principals’ leadership, school climate and teachers’ motivation are high. The findings have
shown that there is no significant differences between principals based on academic qualifications and teaching experience, school climate based on academic qualifications, teachers’ motivation existed
based on professional qualifications and teaching experiences. However, there is significant difference
school climate based on teaching experience. The results also indicated that there is a weak positive
relationship between principals’ leadership and teachers’ motivation (r=.206, p