Linking Distributed Leadership to Teacher Job Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Motivation, Efficacy, and Well-Being

• In Event: Creating Conditions for Success: Principals' Role in Supporting Teachers' Work

Abstract

This study employed a structural equation modelling approach to examine the impact of distributed leadership on teacher job satisfaction and the mediating role played by teachers’ intrinsic motivation, efficacy and wellbeing in that process. Data are from OECD’s 2018 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). The sample consists of 3,976 teachers from 198 schools in China. The results underscore the fact that distributed leadership has both direct and indirect impact on teacher job satisfaction in that intrinsic motivation, efficacy and wellbeing serve as partial mediators for the leadership-satisfaction relationship. In addition, the specific indirect effect through wellbeing is larger than the specific indirect effect through motivation and efficacy. The theoretical and practical implications of this research are discussed.

Author

• Xiaorong Ma, Langfang Normal University