TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering teachers' team learning
T2 - An interplay between transformational leadership and participative decision-making?
AU - Bouwmans, Machiel
AU - Runhaar, Piety
AU - Wesselink, Renate
AU - Mulder, Martin
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The implementation of educational innovations by teachers seems to benefit from a team approach and team learning. The study's goal is to examine to what extent transformational leadership is associated with team learning, and to investigate the mediating roles of participative decision-making, team commitment, task interdependence and teachers' proactivity in this association. Data were analysed using multilevel structural equation modeling (N = 992 teachers, 92 teams). Results show that transformational leadership had direct and indirect positive associations with team learning through all mediators. These results provide insights into how transformational leaders can have a positive influence on team learning.
AB - The implementation of educational innovations by teachers seems to benefit from a team approach and team learning. The study's goal is to examine to what extent transformational leadership is associated with team learning, and to investigate the mediating roles of participative decision-making, team commitment, task interdependence and teachers' proactivity in this association. Data were analysed using multilevel structural equation modeling (N = 992 teachers, 92 teams). Results show that transformational leadership had direct and indirect positive associations with team learning through all mediators. These results provide insights into how transformational leaders can have a positive influence on team learning.
KW - Affective team commitment
KW - Participative decision-making
KW - Task interdependence
KW - Team learning
KW - Team member proactivity
KW - Transformational leadership
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2017.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2017.03.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85016000167
VL - 65
SP - 71
EP - 80
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
SN - 0742-051X
ER -