Investigating the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Work Engagement with the Mediating Role of Organizational Voice in Elementary teachers

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor Department of Educational Administration, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and job enthusiasm with the mediating role of organizational voice among primary school teachers in District Two of Ardabil city.
Methodology: The current research was carried out using the descriptive-correlation method of structural equations. The statistical population of the current research was formed by the primary teachers of two districts of Ardabil city in 2022, according to the latest available statistics and information, their total number is equal to 1260 people, and 294 people were selected using Cochran's formula as a relative stratified sampling. In order to collect relevant data, the questionnaire of job enthusiasm, organizational voice and transformational leadership was used. Structural equation model was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results of the test indicated that the direct effect of transformational leadership and job enthusiasm at the level of confidence (95%) is equal to 0.296. Also, the indirect effect of the transformational leadership variable and job enthusiasm with the mediating effect of the organizational voice variable at the confidence level (95%) is equal to 0.313.
Conclusion: This research shows that the leader should be able to be a good reflection for the teachers to increase job enthusiasm. Therefore, if managers consider transformational leadership strategies as a requirement for their leadership style, in this way they can make teachers enthusiastic about their work in a way that they can relate to it at any level and have a sense of enthusiasm and job desire

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