Motivating innovation in schools. School principals' work engagement as a motivator for schools' innovation.

Autor/inn/en	Koch, Anna R.; Binnewies, Carmen; Dormann, Christian
Titel	Motivating innovation in schools. School principals' work engagement as a motivator for schools' innovation.
Quelle	In: European journal of work and organizational psychology, 24 (2015) 4, S. 505-517 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-432X; 1464-0643
DOI	10.1080/1359432X.2014.958471
Schlagwörter	Handlungstheorie; Kommunikation; Selbsteinschätzung; Schulleitung; Lehrer; Motivation; Innovation; Strukturanalyse
Abstract	This multisource, multilevel study examines the role of school principals' work engagement as a motivational catalyst for schools' innovation. We hypothesize that principals' work engagement motivates teachers' creativity which in turn should foster the amount of innovations made in schools. In order to operationalize innovation, we used four measures: teachers' self-ratings and three school-specific objective indicators of schools' innovation (school projects, external communication, and internal communication). Eighty-seven principals and 902 teachers from 83 German schools participated in our study. Results of multilevel structural equation modelling showed that principals' work engagement increases teachers' idea generation which in turn fosters all of our four aspects of innovation. Idea generation mediated the relationship between principals' work engagement and self-rated innovation. It can be concluded from our study that both principals' work engagement and teachers' creativity can be powerful forces concerning schools' innovation. (Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2020/3