The influence of emotionality and conscientiousness, the personality traits, on academic performance were examined on students of higher education using the perspectives of conservation of resources theory and social cognitive theory. Skinner's coping model was utilized to understand coping mechanisms in the context of engineering education.…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of teacher job satisfaction and school climate in mediating the relative effects of principals' instructional and transformational leadership practices on student outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Guided by strong evidence from theories on school leadership and work psychology, the…