DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP AMONG SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN THE EASTERN REGION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO TEACHERS' JOB SATISFACTION

Khalid Alshehri

Abstract


The study aimed to reveal the degree of public-school principals in the Eastern Province practicing distributed leadership from the teachers' point of view, and its relationship to their job satisfaction. Besides, Knowing the impact of distributed leadership on teachers' job satisfaction. The study sample consisted of (361) male and female teachers who were randomly chosen. The study used the descriptive analytical and correlative approach for its relevance to the nature of this study. To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was built consisting of the distributed leadership of the school principals and the job satisfaction of teachers. The results of the study indicated that there was a high effect of the school’s vision on the distributed leadership, and there was a very high impact of school’s organization and culture on the degree of practicing distributed leadership, and there is also a high impact of the nature of leadership practices in the distributed leadership; moreover, the school, the job and the current principal have achieved a very high level of job satisfaction among employees. There is also a an agreement on the role of each of the future career and job advantages in achieving job satisfaction. There is a strong direct correlation between the degree of school leaders' practice of distributed leadership and the level of teachers' overall job satisfaction. 

Keywords


Distributed Leadership; School Principals; Public Schools and Teacher’s Job Satisfaction.

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