Principals? Leadership Behaviors Related to Teachers? Professional Development: The Mediating Effects of Teachers? Self-directed Learning

Tsang Lang Liang (), Tsung-min Liu (), Rong-feng Wu () and Yu Gi Chao ()
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Tsang Lang Liang: Hsiuping University of Science & Technology
Tsung-min Liu: Hsiuping University of Science & Technology
Rong-feng Wu: Hsiuping University of Science & Technology
Yu Gi Chao: National Changhua University of Education

No 2704741, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: This study determines the relationship affect between senior and vocational high school principals? leadership behaviors and teachers? performance of professional development and investigates the mediating effect of teacher self-directed learning. The population of this study was the 75,520 teachers in vocational high school. And the sampling technique was stratified sampling. The participants were teachers in public and private senior and vocational high schools, including 304 teachers in public school and 335 teachers in private school. The sample included 10 senior high schools (including five public and five private schools) and 10 vocational high schools (including five public and five private schools). The results showed that public school principals? transformational leadership behaviors and private school principals? transactional leadership behaviors were positive with teachers? performance of professional development, and particularly, teachers? self-directed learning had complete mediating effects. Transformational or transactional leadership behaviors enhance teachers? self-directed learning willingness and promote their performance of professional development in public and private high schools.

Keywords: Transformational leadership; Transactional leadership; Self-directed learning; Professional development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2015-09
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 18th International Academic Conference, London, Sep 2015, pages 424-424

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