How Do Principals’ Leadership Styles Affect Teachers’ Professional Well-being?

Abstract

Principal leadership styles essentially refer to the process of influencing the school climate, teachers’ views and actions about teaching, and teachers’ academic accomplishments. The challenges of principal leadership style in an educational institution have made principals’ behavior one of the key elements in enhancing teachers’ professional well-being. However, there are currently few and limited discussions on principal leadership styles in the context of teachers and their professional well-being. To provide a deeper understanding, this concept paper analyzes principal leadership styles from the perspective of teachers and their sense of fulfillment from the teaching profession. The focus of this concept paper centers on the role, potential, and growth of principal leadership styles, especially in the context of teachers and how they might help raise teachers’ level of professional satisfaction. The   consideration in this concept paper is to improve the theoretical and practical implications, particularly in relation to principals’ conduct of leadership, and stimulate further research in this area.