Exchange Quality in Teacher Leadership Ties: Examining Relational Quality Using Social Network and Leader-Member Exchange Theories

Autor/inn/en	Comstock, Meghan; Supovitz, Jonathan; Kaul, Maya
Titel	Exchange Quality in Teacher Leadership Ties: Examining Relational Quality Using Social Network and Leader-Member Exchange Theories
Quelle	(2021), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Social Networks; Teacher Leadership; Correlation; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Collaboration; Peer Relationship; Network Analysis; School Culture; Communities of Practice; Instructional Leadership; Social Capital; Trust (Psychology); Help Seeking; School Districts; Teacher Surveys; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; High School Teachers; Collegiality; Teacher Characteristics; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Korrelation; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerkooperation; Peer-Beziehungen; Netzplantechnik; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Community; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Sozialkapital; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; School district; Schulbezirk; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Kollegialität; Messdaten
Abstract	Purpose: This study examines the relational dynamics between teachers and formal teacher leaders (TLs). We examine the association between relationship structure and leader-member exchange (LMX) quality and the extent to which LMX mediates the relationship between social network (SN) measures of dyadic relationships and TL influence. Design/methodology/approach: Using survey data from 1,895 teacher-TL relationships, we employ path mediation analysis using hierarchical linear modeling. Findings: Our results indicate that voluntary advice-seeking and multiplex ties are associated with stronger exchange quality between teachers and TLs. In addition, LMX partially mediates the relationship between voluntary ties and TL influence. Originality/value: SN and LMX theories offer two complementary lenses for studying relational dynamics in organizations, though they seldom are used together, especially in education. This study bridges SN and LMX theories and measures to bolster studies of relational dynamics in organizations and highlights that in the case of formal teacher leadership, there is a need for school structures that enable teachers and TLs to seek out one another informally and develop strong social exchanges [This is the online version of an article published in "Journal of Professional Capital and Community" (ISSN 2056-9548 ).] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01