Impact of Transformational Leadership on College Teachers’ Change Support Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Abstract

Abstract: Based on social exchange theory and self-determination theory, the purpose of present study was to explore the impact mechanism of transformational leadership on college teachers’ change support behavior. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 122 leaders and 327 subordinate teachers. The results showed that: 1) The transformational leadership had a positive impact on teachers’ change support behavior. 2) Affective commitment to change played a full mediating role between transformational leadership and teachers’ change support behavior. 3) Proactive personality positively moderated the mediation effect of affective commitment to change between transformational leadership and teachers’ change support behavior. The mediating effect was found to be more significant among college teachers with high level of proactive personality than among those with low level of proactive personality.

Key words: transformational leadership, change support behavior, affective commitment to change, proactive personality

摘要： 基于社会交换理论和自我决定理论，本研究探讨了变革型领导对高校教师变革支持行为的作用机理。本研究共调查了122名领导及其327名下属教师。结果表明：变革型领导对高校教师变革支持行为具有显著的正向影响作用；教师的情感变革承诺在变革型领导与教师变革支持行为之间起完全中介作用；教师的主动性人格调节情感变革承诺在变革型领导与变革支持行为之间的中介作用。相比低主动性人格的教师，中介效应在高主动性人格的教师中更显著。

关键词: 变革型领导, 变革支持行为, 情感变革承诺, 主动性人格

CLC Number:

B849

CAO Xiaoli, PENG Chen, ZHANG Wangqiong. Impact of Transformational Leadership on College Teachers’ Change Support Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(2): 273-279.

曹晓丽, 彭晨, 张王琼. 变革型领导对高校教师变革支持行为的影响：有调节的中介效应模型[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(2): 273-279.

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