Principal change leadership competencies and teacher attitudes toward change: the mediating effects of teacher change beliefs

Autor: Omar Abdull Kareem, Tai Mei Kin, Mohamad Sahari Nordin, Khuan Wai Bing
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Leadership in Education. 21:427-446
ISSN: 1464-5092
1360-3124
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2016.1272719
Popis: This study investigates the relationship between Principal Change Leadership Competencies, Teacher Change Beliefs and Teacher Attitudes toward Change. A total of 936 teachers from 47 High Performing Secondary Schools in Malaysia completed the survey. Structural equation modelling was applied to test the models. Firstly, the results showed that Principal Change Leadership Competencies was significantly related to Teacher Change Beliefs and implied that if school principals equipped themselves with sufficient Principal Change Leadership Competencies, Teacher Change Beliefs can certainly be enhanced. Secondly, Teacher Change Beliefs was significantly related to Teacher Attitudes toward Change whereby the stronger the Teacher Change Beliefs, the greater the enhancement of Teacher Attitudes toward Change. Thirdly, Teacher Change Beliefs was indeed a total mediator in the relationship of Principal Change Leadership Competencies and Teacher Attitudes toward Change. Put simply, via Teacher Change Beliefs,...
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