Effect of Teacher Influence Relative to the Principal in School Decision Making on Teacher Job Attitudes

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Abstract

This study examined the extent to which the influence of teachers relative to the principal in school decision-making predicts teacher’s job attitudes (i.e., job satisfaction, professional commitment). By using the National Teacher and Principal Survey 2015–16, nationally representative, data from 19,450 teachers and 2,860 principals of public schools in the United States were analyzed. The findings revealed the greater the relative influence of teachers, the more positive the association with teacher job satisfaction and professional commitment as job attitudes. The extent of teacher influence relative to the principal plays a critical facet of social conditions within a school to improve individual teachers’ job attitudes regarding school decision-making.

Authors

• In Heok Lee, University of Georgia
  Presenting Author

• Joo-Ho Park, Hanyang University
  Presenting Author

• Jeon-Yi Lee, Gyeonggi Institute of Education
  Non-Presenting Author