The Effects of Transformational Leadership of Principals on Teacher Commitment: Mediating Effects of School Mindfulness

• In Event: Assessing the Influences of District and School-Level Factors on Teaching and Learning

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to get a better understanding of the relationships among principals’ transformational leadership, teachers’ organizational commitment, and school mindfulness, especially focusing on the mediating role of school mindfulness with structural equation modeling.
The findings show transformational leadership and school mindfulness had a statistically significant positive relationship with organizational commitment. School mindfulness had a positive relationship with transformational leadership and organizational commitment. Lastly, regarding the mediating effects of school mindfulness on the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment, school mindfulness has partly mediating effects. Overall, the findings clearly indicate that facilitating mindful practices in schools are more apt to lead the organizational effectiveness.

Author

• Jae-Bum Han, Michigan State University