The Influence of Transformational Leadership on Teacher Job Performance

Abstract

The performance of teachers significantly influences students’ educational experiences and academic outcomes. In addition, effective teachers are important to the success of schools. Previous studies have shown that a teacher's job performance is influenced by several elements, including leadership style, school atmosphere, motivation, and job satisfaction. However, it shows that the most important element influencing teachers' work success in schools is their leadership style. Numerous studies have demonstrated that managerial transformation is an effective strategy for fostering relationships among subordinates and enhancing instructors' job performance in the educational setting. Furthermore, not much research has been done in China on how transformational leadership improves teacher employment outcomes, particularly for junior high school instructors. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to examine how transformational management affects the work performance of Chinese junior secondary school instructors. Questions were taken from the transformational leadership scale the determination of leaders’ transformational leadership, while the Teacher Job Performance scale was used to analyze teacher job performance. This research constituted a cross-sectional survey of 510 junior high school teachers selected via random selection in Qinhuangdao, China. According to the responses, transformational management and teacher job performance are strongly positively correlated. It was discovered that the components of intellectual excitement, customized attention, and inspirational motivation were distinct transformational management characteristics that formed the aspects of educators’ job satisfaction. According to the study's findings, changing leadership can improve junior secondary school teachers' job effectiveness.