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The Effect of Empowering Leadership and Teacher Autonomy on Affective Commitment: The Mediating Role of Teacher Self-Efficacy

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Teachers' affective commitment is closely related to their performance. The present study investigated the relationship between empowering leadership, teacher autonomy, teachers’ sense of self-efficacy, and affective commitment. A questionnaire was completed by 611 teachers in Ankara. To test the proposed model, we conducted a mediation analysis of structural equation modelling. The results show that empowering leadership and autonomy predict teachers’ sense of self-efficacy. Similarly, teachers’ sense of self-efficacy is also positively and significantly correlated to affective commitment. The analysis confirms that teachers’ sense of self-efficacy is a prominent mediator in the relationship between empowering leadership, teacher autonomy, and affective commitment. This study is expected to contribute to the body of research focusing on the effects of empowering leadership, teacher autonomy and teachers’ sense of self-efficacy on teachers’ affective commitment. Implications are presented for policymakers and school leaders.

Source: TED EĞİTİM VE BİLİM

DOI: 10.15390/eb.2024.12663

Authors: Murat Özdemir, Mehmet Küçükçene, Könül Abaslı, Varol Pektaş, Esen Ayhan

Institutions: Hacettepe University, Kırıkkale University, Sumgayit State University, Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği

Language: English

Topic: School Leadership and Teacher Performance

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402157449

FWCI: 8.772

Cites: 91

Cited by: 22

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