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The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors
Abstract
In order for educational institutions to adapt to the latest change and development processes, proactive teacher behavior is a significant variable. Determining which antecedents positively influence proactive teacher behavior is crucial for the development of organizations. Therefore, this study aims to determine the role of empowering leadership behaviors and work meaningfulness in proactive teacher behaviors. The research design utilized a relational screening model. The research sample comprises of 407 teachers. The research also used descriptive statistics, correlation, and multiple regression analyses. In relation to the study’s findings, school administrators exhibit high levels of empowering leadership behaviors, while teachers find their work meaningful and exhibit high levels of proactive behaviors. The correlation analyses revealed a significant, poor and positive relationship between teachers’ proactive behaviors and empowering leadership behaviors of authority and responsibility, skill development, and coaching for innovative performance, but no significant relationship between self-determination and information sharing behaviors. It was found out that there was a significant and moderate correlation between work meaningfulness and proactive teacher behaviors. In addition, regression analyses conducted with personal variables revealed that while gender, seniority, and school level variables played no role in the proactive behavior of teachers, educational status was a significant predictor of such behavior. In addition, it was concluded that school administrators’ empowering leadership behaviors did not explain teachers’ proactive behaviors, whereas work meaningfulness was a significant predictor of proactive teacher behavior. In addition, it was determined that the combination of teachers’ graduate education and work meaningfulness significantly predicted proactive behavior.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Education Management
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
November 19, 2023
Submission Date
July 3, 2023
Acceptance Date
November 15, 2023
Published in Issue
Year 2023 Volume: 4 Number: 2
APA
Koçak, S., & Tosun, A. (2023). The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors. International Journal of Educational Studies and Policy, 4(2), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10151166
AMA
1.Koçak S, Tosun A. The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors. IJESP. 2023;4(2):77-90. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10151166
Chicago
Koçak, Seval, and Ali Tosun. 2023. “The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors”. International Journal of Educational Studies and Policy 4 (2): 77-90. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10151166.
EndNote
Koçak S, Tosun A (November 1, 2023) The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors. International Journal of Educational Studies and Policy 4 2 77–90.
IEEE
[1]S. Koçak and A. Tosun, “The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors”, IJESP, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 77–90, Nov. 2023, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10151166.
ISNAD
Koçak, Seval - Tosun, Ali. “The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors”. International Journal of Educational Studies and Policy 4/2 (November 1, 2023): 77-90. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10151166.
JAMA
1.Koçak S, Tosun A. The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors. IJESP. 2023;4:77–90.
MLA
Koçak, Seval, and Ali Tosun. “The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors”. International Journal of Educational Studies and Policy, vol. 4, no. 2, Nov. 2023, pp. 77-90, doi:10.5281/zenodo.10151166.
Vancouver
1.Seval Koçak, Ali Tosun. The Roles of Empowering Leadership and Work Meaningfulness on Proactive Teacher Behaviors. IJESP. 2023 Nov. 1;4(2):77-90. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10151166