Teacher Job Commitment and Principal Fairness: The Mediating Role of Principal Trustworthiness

• In Event: Organizational Effects Influencing Teachers and Student Outcomes

Abstract

Research studies suggest that school leadership plays a significant role in shaping teacher commitment. The main focus of study was to examine the mediating effect of Teacher’s Trust in their school’s Principal (TTP) on the relationship between Organizational Justice (OJ) and Teacher Commitment (TC). The research sample included 200 teachers from 30 different Kuwaiti public schools. Results showed that that TC, OJ, and TTP are all at mediocre levels in Kuwaiti public schools, that elementary school teachers have significantly lower TC than their colleagues working in high schools, and that TC is positively and significantly related to OJ and TTP. The results also indicated that TTP has a significant mediating effect on the relationship between OJ and TC.

Authors

• Ayeshah Alazmi, Kuwait University

• Abdulaziz Sh. Alenezi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University