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Fostering Organizational Loyalty in Preschool Teachers: The Role of Sustainable Workplace, Social Responsibility, and Leadership

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Preschool teachers’ organizational loyalty is critical to educational reform and success. It increases job stability, performance, and commitment while reducing turnover. A sustainable workplace is essential in the demanding preschool setting. This study aims to identify the key determinants of organizational loyalty among preschool teachers by examining the impact of a sustainable workplace, social responsibility, caring leadership, and empowering leadership, as well as their interrelationships. Structural equation modeling was used to collect data from 512 preschool teachers in Taiwan. The results show that a sustainable workplace and social responsibility positively influence caring and empowering leadership, which in turn increase organizational loyalty. Empowering leadership has a stronger effect on loyalty than caring leadership. The findings highlight the role of ethical and supportive workplace practices in fostering leadership effectiveness and long-term teacher loyalty. This research advances theoretical discussions of sustainable workplace dynamics and offers practical implications for improving preschool teacher loyalty through leadership strategies and institutional policies.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su17073081

Authors: I-Hsiung Chang, Ru-Si Chen

Institutions: National Taiwan Normal University, Minghsin University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,896