Open AccessEffects of transformational leadership on teachers’ self-efficacy in education for sustainable development: A serial mediation analysis
Author(s) -
Jaewoo Choi,
Woonsun Kang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cypriot journal of educational sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.22
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1305-905X
pISSN - 1305-9076
DOI - 10.18844/cjes.v16i5.6343
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , mediation , psychology , context (archaeology) , descriptive statistics , sobel test , empirical research , self efficacy , transformative learning , social psychology , pedagogy , political science , mathematics , statistics , paleontology , self esteem , law , biology
Based on empirical evidence, this study aimed to analyze the effect of transformational leadership on teachers' self-efficacy in ESD and test mediation effects in the relationship between transformational leadership and teachers' self-efficacy in ESD. To this end, researchers constructed nine hypotheses, predicting direct effects among variables, each single mediation effect of two mediators, and serial multiple mediation effect. The participants of the research consisted of 193 Korean in-service teachers. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, the Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. In addition, researchers applied serial mediation procedures with PROCESS Macro for SPSS to test specific mediate effects based on the bootstrap method. The the research, there were identified mechanisms through which the influence of the principal's transformational leadership on teachers' efficacy occurs in the context of ESD. The findings of the study were discussed in the light of relevant literature, and some suggestions were made for the future.
Keywords:Education for Sustainable Development (ESD); Transformational leadership; Teachers’ self-efficacy in ESD; Teachers' attitude toward PD; Professional development; Serial Mediation Analysis