DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL HEADS, PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING AND TEAMWORK SKILLS OF THE TEACHERS: A CAUSAL MODEL ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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This study aimed to determine distributed leadership of school heads, as well as participation in decision-making, teamwork skills, and organizational commitment of public secondary school teachers. This also aimed to determine the best-fit model for organizational commitment. The researcher used a descriptive-correlational research design with a causal modeling technique using structural equation modelling. The respondents were 423 secondary school teachers in the Department of Education, Region XI, using the stratified random sampling technique. Mean, Pearson r, and Structural Equation Modelling were used as statistical tools. Additionally, it utilized a survey questionnaire in gathering the data and conducted the survey in a face-to-face modality. The results show that the school heads’ level of distributed leadership is very high. Overall, it has also been found that distributed leadership is correlated with organizational commitment. In addition, it has been found that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ participation in decision-making and their organizational commitment. Moreover, teamwork skills are significantly correlated with organizational commitment. Furthermore, it has been found that generated model 3 was found to be the best fit model that predicts organizational commitment in the context of public secondary school teachers in Region XI. Based on the results, all of the indicators of distributed leadership, namely, perception of educational leadership and leadership practices, are predictors of organizational commitment. However, two indicators of participation in decision-making, namely, learners’ disciplinary problems and school planning, are predictors of organizational commitment. Additionally, two indicators of teamwork skills, namely decision-making and coordination, are predictors of organizational commitment.
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