Distributed Leadership and Teacher Well-Being: The Mediation of Organizational Climate

• In Event: Teachers as Leaders in School Improvement

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between distributed leadership and teacher well-being, focusing on the mediating role of school organization climate. Data were collected from a questionnaire survey of 2151 educators in the mainland China. The results of structural equation modeling showed: (1) Distributed leadership has a significant positive predictive effect on teacher well-being. (2) Distributed leadership has a positive predictive effect on organizational climate. (3) Organizational climate has a significant mediating effect between distributed leadership and teacher well-being. The findings confirmed the effect of distributed leadership on teacher well-being and added evidence to the underlying structure. Implications for the improvement of distributed leadership and school climate are discussed.

Authors

• lifang Tang, Northeast Normal University

• Peng Liu, University of Manitoba

• qinying Shi

• Mengxue Zhang, Northeast Normal University