Headmasters' Transformational Leadership and Their Relationship with Teachers' Job Satisfaction and Teachers' Commitments

Autor/inn/en	Wahab, Jamalullail Abdul; Fuad, Che Fuzlina Mohd; Ismail, Hazita; Majid, Samsidah
Titel	Headmasters' Transformational Leadership and Their Relationship with Teachers' Job Satisfaction and Teachers' Commitments
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 7 (2014) 13, S.40-48 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Transformational Leadership; Leadership Styles; Principals; Job Satisfaction; Elementary Schools; Influences; Motivation; Individual Needs; Intellectual Development; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Multivariate Analysis; Organizational Development; Work Ethic; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Elementary School Teachers; Educational Practices; Correlation; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führungsstil; Principal; Schulleiter; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Multivariate Analyse; Organisationsentwicklung; Arbeitsethos; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungspraxis; Korrelation; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland
Abstract	This study aimed to determine the level of transformational leadership practices by headmasters in the primary national schools in the district of Temerloh, Malaysia. The four dimensions of Transformational Leadership studied were fostering the ideal influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulating and individual consideration. The study also looks at the level of teachers' job satisfaction and teachers' commitments as well as the relationship with the practice of transformational leadership by headmasters. The respondents consisted of 240 teachers working in 10 primary schools in the district of Temerloh, Pahang. The data obtained was processed using SSPS program version 12.0 and were analyzed using descriptive and multivariate. The result of the study showed that the practice of transformational leadership by headmasters in the district of Temerloh, Malaysia, was at a high level and teacher's job satisfaction was high too, and there exist a significant relation between the level of transformation leadership and teachers' job satisfaction while teachers' commitments were average. However, the results of the study showed a significant relation between the level of transformational leadership and teachers work commitment. The implication of this study is that leaders should always ensure their high performance leadership to have a significant relationship with staff's satisfaction and school staff's commitment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01