Transformational Leadership Job Satisfaction’s Relationship with Innovativeness in Elementary Schools

Abstract

Situations that are changing over time force organizations to change just as they force individuals. Transformational leaders are needed for the changes to be made in organizations in a time and in a required way. Transformational leaders provide the change needed by organizations while having various effects on the employees. This study aims to examine the effect of transformational leadership on teachers' job satisfaction and innovative behavior. The research is a study based on a correlational survey model. The data of the research were collected in official elementary schools in the province of Malatya in 2020-2021 academic year. Correlation analysis and structural equation modelling were used to analyze the data. According to the results of the study, there is a positive, significant and moderate relationship between the principal's transformational leadership and teachers' job satisfaction and innovative behavior. Moreover, transformational leadership predicts teachers' job satisfaction and innovative behavior.

Dönüşümcü Li̇derli̇k Ve Çalişmaya Tutkunluğun, Yeni̇li̇kçi̇li̇k Ve Bağlilik Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Etki̇si̇: Spor Yöneti̇ci̇leri̇ Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Araştirma

“…İşletmeler, çalışanlarına ihtiyaç duydukları araçları ve desteği sağlayarak yenilik potansiyelini geliştirebilir ve çalışan bağlılığını artırabilir. Yenilik girişimlerinin tanınması bağlılığı artırabilir (Amo ve Kolvereid, 2005;Çobanoğlu, 2021;Janssen, 2000). Kuruluşlar, yenilikçilik gösteren bireylerin başarılarını ödüllendirerek, değer vererek ve tanıyarak bağlılık düzeyini artırabilir ve yenilik yapma teşvikini sürdürebilir.…”

Investigating the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Job Satisfaction: An Application on Trainers

“…There are studies from multifarious sectors that research the impact of transformational leadership on job satisfaction. Research on preschool teachers (Tanrıverdi and Paşaoğlu, 2014), manufacturing management employees (Eren and Titizoğlu,2014), Community Health personnel (Kırkpınar and İşcan ,2018), on the basis of studies with nurses (Mohammad et al, 2011), primary school teachers (Çobanoğlu, 2021;Bernarto 2020), Faculty of Sports Sciences instructors (Duyan, 2019), physical education teachers (Rizi et al, 2013), telecommunications company workers (Al-edenat 2018), and bank employees (Özbek and Bozkurt, 2020) can be given as examples in the literature. In all these studies, it has been observed that transformational leadership creates a meaningful and positive effect on job satisfaction.…”