Capturing Interactions between Middle Leaders and Teacher Entrepreneurial Behaviour: An Examination through a Person-Environment Fit Model

Autor/inn/en	Ho, Chun Sing Maxwell; Bryant, Darren Anthony; Walker, Allan David
Titel	Capturing Interactions between Middle Leaders and Teacher Entrepreneurial Behaviour: An Examination through a Person-Environment Fit Model
Quelle	In: School Leadership & Management, 42 (2022) 5, S.498-519 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ho, Chun Sing Maxwell) ORCID (Walker, Allan David)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2434
DOI	10.1080/13632434.2022.2123792
Schlagwörter	Middle Management; Teacher Behavior; Entrepreneurship; Work Environment; Faculty Development; Innovation; Educational Improvement; Mediation Theory; Teaching Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittlere Führungskraft; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Unternehmungsgeist; Arbeitsmilieu; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Mediationsverfahren
Abstract	Limited but increasing research has noted that middle leaders (MLs) play a crucial role in structuring a supportive working environment to help entrepreneurial teachers transform educational innovation into practice. This study aims to increase understanding of the extent to which MLs with different levels of experience influence teacher entrepreneurial behaviour (TEB). The study employs the three dimensions of the 'person-environment fit model,' namely, person-organisation fit, person-group fit, and person-job fit, as a theoretical lens to examine the relationships among MLs, working environment, and TEB. Findings revealed that the more years of experience MLs have in post, the more influence they have in promoting TEB; however, they have limited influence over shaping the working environment, especially the person-organisation environment. Furthermore, the mediating effect of the person-environment fit model was complex because teacher entrepreneurial behaviour was perceived to be a result of the synergy between the person-group and person-job environment. The findings advance knowledge about middle-leadership and teacher-entrepreneurial behaviour across the three dimensions of the person-environment fit model. They also highlight the importance of MLs' leading experience for TEB and further enrich the understanding of how MLs struggle to support TEB in a hierarchical working environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01