The current study aims at exploring the common means that may improve organizational effectiveness by focusing on two main facets of organizational qualities: teacher commitment and job satisfaction. Data were collected from 841 randomly sampled teachers employed in 118 elementary schools in Israel. A quantitative questionnaire, which included…

The study investigated whether students perceive their university instructors in a virtual learning environment as leaders. Referring to the full range leadership theory (FRLT), we examined the effects of transformational and passive leadership styles of university instructors on students' satisfaction and learning outcomes. Completed web-based…

Purpose: The paper aims to investigate the mediating effect of teacher empowerment on the relationship between teachers' perception of their school support and their intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from a sample of 2,565 teachers affiliated with 153 Israeli elementary schools. A path…

Surveyed Israeli elementary and secondary teachers to investigate whether it was possible to distinguish between teachers with high versus teachers with low job satisfaction and factors that predict job satisfaction. Results indicated that the groups could be distinguished by teachers' perceptions of the teaching occupation and their principals'…

Examines principals' leadership style (transformational or transactional), decision-making process (autocratic or participative), and teachers' occupation perceptions on teacher job satisfaction in Israel. Finds that teacher perceptions of occupational prestige, self-esteem, autonomy at work, and professional self-development contribute the most…

Presents a study focused on the period following student admission to universities. Examines the effects of student motives for studying and socialization tactics on their academic achievement and academic satisfaction. Predicts that socialization tactics would mediate the relationship of motives to study to academic achievement and satisfaction.…

This paper reports on a study that examined the effects of three factors on teacher satisfaction: principal leadership style (transformational or transactional), principal decision-making strategy (autocratic versus participative), and teachers' perceptions of their occupation. An overview of each of the three factors is provided. For the study, a…

This study investigated factors that could discriminate between teachers with high levels of job satisfaction (HS) and teachers with low levels of job satisfaction (LS). A self-report questionnaire was administered to 930 teachers in schools in northern Israel in 1997. Respondents were instructed to refer to their current school principal when…