The mediating effect of organizational commitment on the relationship between transformational leadership, teachers' personal characteristics, and teachers' work performance at Jiangxi University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The objectives of this research were: （1）To examine the components of Transformational Leadership, Organizational Commitment, Teachers' Personal Characteristics and Teachers' Working Effectiveness at Jiangxi University of Technology in Nanchang City.（2）To propose the model of mediating effect of Organizational Commitment on relationship between Transformational Leadership, Teachers' Personal Characteristics and Teachers Working Effectiveness in Jiangxi University of Technology in Nanchang City. （3）To investigated effect of Organizational Commitment on relationship between Transformational Leadership, Teachers personal characteristics and Teachers Working Effectiveness at Jiangxi University of Technology in Nanchang City. The research was quantitative research method. A stratified random sampling method was used to collect data from 425 Chinese teachers among 1483 Chinese teachers in 12 faculties in Jiangxi University of Technology in Nanchang City, the People’s Republic of China. The research results were found that: （1）Transformational leadership consisted of 4 components: inspirational motivation, idealized influence, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration, Teachers' personal characteristics consisted of 4 components: professional knowledge, teaching skills, personality traits and emotional Intelligence, Organizational commitment consisted of 3 components: affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment, Teachers' working effectiveness consisted of 4 components: teaching effectiveness, curriculum preparation and planning, time management and engagement and mobilization; （2） the proposed SEM showed an excellent fit with the empirical data, with model fit indices such as df or relative Chi-square = 2.676 (less than 3), p=0.001, GFI = 0.929, AGFI = 0.900, and TLI = 0.950, CFI=0.959 (all more than 0.9), included SRMR = 0.063; and（3）transformational leadership and teachers' personal characteristics have a statistically significant indirect effect on teachers' work effectiveness through organizational commitment.
Institution: Jiangxi University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220162919