Transformational Leadership and Instructional Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Analysis

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Title (croatian): Transformacijsko vodstvo i kvaliteta poučavanja tijekom pandemije COVID-19: moderirana medijacijska analiza
• Author: Irena Burić https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-968X
• Author: Maja Parmač Kovačić
• Author: Aleksandra Huić
• Author's institution: University of Zadar; (Department of Psychology)
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; School Psychology and the Psychology of Education

Abstract (english)

The school lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
pushed teachers to online teaching literally overnight, which put
their performance at risk. Transformational school leadership
(TSL), teacher self-efficacy (TSE) and digital competencies might
have played a protective role in such burdening conditions.
Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the mediating
role of TSE in explaining the relationship between TSL and
instructional quality. Additionally, the moderating role of digital
competencies in explaining the interrelations between TSL and
TSE as well as between TSE and instructional quality, or the
proposed mediating mechanism, was tested. The study was
conducted via online survey in Spring 2020 and involved 1655
Croatian teachers. The mediation and moderated mediation
analyses revealed that TSL was positively related to instructional
quality both directly and indirectly via TSE. Teacher digital
competencies did not moderate the proposed relationships or
the mediating mechanism.

Abstract (croatian)

Zatvaranje škola uzrokovano pandemijom COVID-19 preko
noći je primoralo nastavnike na poučavanje na daljinu, što
je dovelo u pitanje njihovu radnu uspješnost. Transformacijsko (ruko)vođenje školom (TRŠ), samoefikasnost nastavnika
(SEN) i njihove digitalne kompetencije možda su imale
zaštitnu ulogu u takvim opterećujućim uvjetima. Cilj ovog
istraživanja bio je ispitati medijacijsku ulogu SEN-a u objaš-
njenju povezanosti TRŠ-a i kvalitete poučavanja. Dodatno,
ispitana je i moderacijska uloga digitalnih kompetencija u
objašnjenju povezanosti TRŠ-a i SEN-a, TRŠ-a i kvalitete
poučavanja, kao i predloženoga medijacijskog mehanizma.
Istraživanje, u kojem je sudjelovalo 1655 hrvatskih nastavnika, provedeno je online-upitnikom u proljeće 2020. godine. Medijacijske i moderirane medijacijske analize pokazale su da je TRŠ direktno i indirektno, preko SEN-a,
pozitivno povezan s kvalitetom poučavanja. Digitalne
kompetencije nastavnika nisu moderirale pretpostavljene
veze ni medijacijski mehanizam.

• Keywords (english): transformational school leadership; teacher effectiveness; teacher self-efficacy; digital competencies; moderated mediation
• Keywords (croatian): transformacijsko (ruko)vođenje školom; radna uspješnost nastavnika; nastavnička samoefikasnost; digitalne kompetencije; moderirana medijacija
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Društvena istraživanja : časopis za opća društvena pitanja
• Numbering: vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 181-202
• p-ISSN: 1330-0288
• e-ISSN: 1848-6096
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5559/di.30.2.01
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:325211
• Publication: 2021
• Document URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/260377
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-10-07 14:28:30