On the Differential and Shared Effects of Leadership for Learning on Teachers' Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: A Multilevel Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Pietsch, Marcus; Tulowitzki, Pierre; Koch, Tobias
Titel	On the Differential and Shared Effects of Leadership for Learning on Teachers' Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: A Multilevel Perspective
Quelle	In: Educational Administration Quarterly, 55 (2019) 5, S.705-741 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tulowitzki, Pierre)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-161X
DOI	10.1177/0013161X18806346
Schlagwörter	Teacher Persistence; Job Satisfaction; Leadership Qualities; Participative Decision Making; Modeling (Psychology); Predictor Variables; Context Effect; Foreign Countries; Leadership Styles; Transformational Leadership; Motivation; Instructional Leadership; Supervision; Principals; Elementary Secondary Education; Germany; Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire; Teaching and Learning International Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Führungseigenschaft; Modeling; Modelling; Modellierung; Prädiktor; Ausland; Führungsstil; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Principal; Schulleiter; Deutschland
Abstract	Purpose: Over the past years "leadership for learning" (LFL) has become popular among educational scholars. LFL refers to the idea that effective leaders demonstrate a contextually contingent mix of instructional, transformational, and shared leadership practices that may have differential effects at various organizational levels. These assumptions have rarely been investigated within a coherent empirical design. We examine the shared and differential effects of LFL on teachers' job satisfaction and organizational commitment, which are relevant antecedents for learning, improvement, and change on all levels of a school. Method: Drawing on survey data (n[subscript teachers] = 3,746, n[subscript schools] = 126) from Germany and on well-established instruments like the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire or Teaching and Learning International Survey, multilevel associations of LFL and teachers' job satisfaction and organizational commitment were explored. This was done by applying doubly latent structural equation models. Findings: Our results indicate that (1) it is statistically necessary to model perceived leadership practices as a multilevel construct, (2) shared leadership is a strong predictor of individual and shared job satisfaction and organizational commitment of teachers whereas (3) individual consideration only shows significant associations on the individual level (4) that LFL is contextually sensitive. Implications for Research and Practice: Findings make a strong case for studying LFL within a multilevel framework and also for applying complex study and analytical designs, which should take the complexity of the theoretical assumptions into consideration all the way along from questionnaire design, through the process of data collection up to the point of data analysis. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01