Date of Degree
2024
Degree Name
Ed.D. (Doctor of Education)
Department
Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)
Director
Kelly Summers
Committee Members
Stephen Tonks; Ryan Kopatich; Christine Anderson
Keywords
Collective Efficacy, Teacher Retention, School Climate, School Culture, Job Satisfaction, Collective Efficacy Enabling Conditions, Commitment to Teaching
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among collective efficacy, school climate, job satisfaction and the enabling conditions of collective efficacy. This study also looked at the relationship those variables had with the likelihood to stay in the teaching profession. The objective of this research was to gather more information on teachers’ perception of their schools’ climate, job satisfaction, collective efficacy, and enabling conditions for collective efficacy.
This study used quantitative survey instruments to examine collective efficacy, school climate, job satisfaction, and the enabling conditions of collective teacher efficacy. Participants took the Collective Efficacy Short Survey (CE-S), Organized Health Inventory for Elementary Schools (OHI-E), Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), and the Enabling Conditions for Collective Teacher Efficacy Survey (EC-CTES). Participants were also asked about their likelihood to stay in the teaching profession until retirement and how often they thought about leaving the teaching profession.
Positive associations were found between collective efficacy, the enabling conditions, school climate and job satisfaction. Some of the highest correlations between subscales were related to school leadership. Additionally, positive correlations were found between the likelihood to stay in the profession and job satisfaction. Additional research is needed in order to indicate how to foster a positive school climate and job satisfaction. It would be beneficial to conduct this study looking at leadership styles to better understand how leadership is related.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
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Recommended Citation
Behan, Greta, "COMMITMENT TO TEACHING: THE ENABLING CONDITIONS FOR COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, SCHOOL CLIMATE, AND JOB SATISFACTION" (2024). Dissertations of Practice. 40.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-disspractice/40
