Στυλ ηγεσίας και επαγγελματική ικανοποίηση εκπαιδευτικών πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης
Leadership style and teachers’ job satisfaction in primary education
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Στυλ ηγεσίας ; Επαγγελματική ικανοποίηση ; Εκπαιδευτικοί ; Υποστηρικτική ηγεσία ; Πρωτοβάθμια εκπαίδευσηAbstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the leadership style of the principal and the job satisfaction of Primary school teachers. The research questions also aimed to investigate the most commonly adopted principals’ leadership style and the existence of a significant correlation between leadership style and demographic characteristics. In addition, the questions aimed to investigate the degree of teachers’ job satisfaction, as well as the existence of a significant correlation between job satisfaction and various demographic characteristics. The sample of the research consists of 120 Primary education teachers, who completed a makeshift demographic data questionnaire, the Greek version of the Hoy and Clover’s (1986) Leadership Behavior Scale [translated by Stavropoulos (2007)] and the Teachers' Satisfaction Inventory - (TSI) by Golia and Koustelio (2014). According to the research findings, leadership style is significantly related to teachers’ job satisfaction. Specifically, when principals adopt a supportive style, then teachers' job satisfaction increases, while when they adopt a restrictive style, then satisfaction decreases. Furthermore, a significant correlation of leadership style with the type of school work and its area of operation emerged, while at the same time a significant correlation of job satisfaction with teachers' gender, age, level of study, years of service, employment relationship and type of school, emerged.