Empowerment and teacher education

Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin Güçlendirici Liderlik ve Güçlendirmeye İlişkin Görüşleri

“…Several studies have identified various factors that contribute to the empowerment of teachers, such as strengthening autonomy and self-esteem (Bellous and Pearson, 1995), self-confidence, cognitive growth, awareness, and effort (Batuk Turan, 2018), feelings of self-efficacy (Conger and Kanungo, 1988;Kim and Beehr, 2017;Spreitzer, 1996), the development of professional qualifications (Bogler and Nir, 2012;Cerit, 2007), learning (Lorinkova et al, 2013), team interaction, and participatory decision making (Arnold et al, 2000). It was also suggested that teacher empowerment increased organizational commitment, belonging, and accountability (Ertürk and Akgün, 2021;Odek, 2018;Avey et al, 2009;Çalişici Çelik and Kiral, 2021).…”

“…These findings suggest that school principals tend to empower teachers with higher seniority. Bellous and Pearson (1995) noted that powerlessness could hinder people from continuing their projects, while Leach et al (2003) emphasized that empowerment can foster cognitive growth and facilitate awareness through knowledge transfer. Kim and Beehr (2017) found a positive relationship between employees' self-efficacy and psychological ownership behavior with empowering leadership.…”

“…It serves as a key source of self-efficacy and aims to overcome feelings of powerlessness by breaking down barriers that impede people's power. Empowerment processes require a shift in perception, where individuals who previously felt powerless begin to envision themselves as capable of taking action and making meaningful contributions (Bellous & Pearson, 1995). Empowerment has recently attracted a great amount of attention as a tool to improve organizational effectiveness.…”

The Relationship Between Empowering Leadership, Self-Efficacy and Organizational Resilience

“…In addition, Arnold, Arad, Rhoades, and Drasgow (2000) and Whetten and Cameron (2016) define empowerment as sharing power with subordinates and as a series of behaviors that increase intrinsic motivation levels. Likewise, Bellous & Pearson (1995) regards it as an interactive process based on synergy. Erstad (1997) expressed empowerment as a tool that enables employees to make decisions and a phenomenon where they assume responsibility for their actions, and stated that its ultimate purpose of is to improve the potential and performance of the organization besides the individual.…”