Teaching and Learning International Survey 2013: Distributed Leadership, Professional Collaboration, and Teacher Job Satisfaction in U.S. Schools

• In Event: 52.021 - Generating Teacher Job Satisfaction: Leadership Makes a Difference

Abstract

This study uses multilevel regression analysis to investigate relationships among distributed leadership, professional collaboration, and teacher job satisfaction in U.S. public schools. Data are drawn from the OECD 2013 Teaching and Learning International Survey. Results of the study reveal that teacher perceptions, but not principal perceptions, of distributed leadership were significantly positively associated with two dimensions of teacher job satisfaction, work and professional satisfaction. The relationship was stronger for work satisfaction, suggesting greater relevance of this leadership type for workplace than career commitment. Distributed leadership mediated the relationship between professional collaboration and work and professional satisfaction. This study has implications for future research on principal leadership, particularly regarding how leadership is reflected in the responses of different school stakeholders.

Author

• Darlene García Torres, SUNY - Buffalo