Effects of distributed leadership on teachers’ job satisfaction: The mediating role of teacher collaboration
Li Ma, Ying Gu · 2026
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Li Ma and Ying Gu used the OECD's international TALIS teacher survey to test whether sharing leadership in schools makes teachers happier in their jobs. Distributed leadership gives teachers real say in decisions rather than concentrating power in the principal's office. Their 2026 analysis also asked whether collaboration among teachers carries part of the effect.
Schools with more distributed leadership did have more satisfied teachers, and the link was partly explained by collaboration: shared leadership encouraged teachers to work together, and that teamwork itself raised satisfaction. Both direct and indirect paths mattered. The authors advise school systems to spread leadership deliberately and to protect time for teachers to plan and solve problems jointly.
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| CREATOR | Li Ma, Ying Gu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33832 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |