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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
Published on: February 11, 2017
Empowering teachers through principals' emotional intelligence: Unlocking the potential of organizational citizenship
Chuan-Chung Hsieh1, Hui-Chieh Li2, Jyun-Kai Liang3
1Department of Education and Learning Technology, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract:
The organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of teachers is crucial for effective school functioning, and accessing valuable resources from principals greatly influences this behavior. Grounded in the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study explored how a principal's emotional intelligence (EI) and teachers' organizational trust (OT) impact teachers' OCB. A survey was conducted on 521 elementary teachers in Taiwan using established scales to measure the constructs. Perceived principal's EI was assessed across self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management dimensions. Similarly, teachers' OCB was examined through interpersonal citizenship performance, organizational citizenship performance, and job/task conscientiousness dimensions. Teachers' OT was explored in terms of personal trust in the individual, trust in the principal, and trust in the school. The mediation effect of OT in the relationship between a principal's EI and teachers' OCB was analyzed using Hayes' PROCESS macro for SPSS. The results yielded valuable evidence supporting the mediating model that teachers' OCB, influenced by the principal's EI, can be seen as secondary gains driven by higher levels of OT cultivated by emotionally intelligent principals. This study emphasizes the pivotal role of a principal's EI in fostering teachers' OT and OCB, underscoring the significance of EI in educational leadership. Investing in the EI development of school principals can nurture a positive school culture, enabling teachers to fully realize their potential and contribute to the overall well-being of the school community. However, the research results face limitations in generalizability due to the restricted sample size exclusive to Taiwan and the reliance on self-report measures in the study.
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