ERIC Number: EJ1461339
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3435
Available Date: 2025-01-25
Kindergarten Principals' Ethical Leadership and Teachers' Work Engagement: The Chain-Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Support and Voice Behavior
Zhonglian Yan1; Wenqi Lin1; Ziqing Wang1,2
European Journal of Education, v60 n1 e70011 2025
Kindergarten principals' ethical leadership, preschool teachers' perceived organizational support, voice behavior, and work engagement are important components that promote high-quality development in kindergartens. In order to understand the relationship between the four variables, this study conducted an online survey of 819 preschool teachers. The results indicated that (1) ethical leadership was positively correlated with teachers' work engagement; (2) teachers' perceived organizational support and voice behavior play a simple mediating role between ethical leadership and work engagement; and (3) teachers' perceived organizational support and voice behavior also play a chain-mediating role between ethical leadership and work engagement.
Descriptors: Principals, Kindergarten, Ethics, Leadership Role, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Work Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Work Environment, Organizational Climate, Behavior, Intonation, Interpersonal Communication, Teacher Empowerment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China; 2Editorial Office, Changchun Institute of Education, Changchun, China