Emotional capital in schools: principals' caring leadership as a moderator of the mediated association between emotional geographies and school climate

Abstract

PurposeThe caring leadership of principals is viewed as a professional method for utilizing emotional capital. The present study investigated the moderating relationship of caring leadership with the associations between emotional geographies, emotional distance and school climate.Design/methodology/approachData from a cross-sectional survey of 305 Israeli teachers working in public schools were used to investigate a model of moderated mediation.FindingsCaring leadership of principals moderates the association of emotional distance with school climate and is related to mediated associations between emotional geographies and school climate.Originality/valueThis is the first study to combine Hargreaves' theory of emotional geographies of schools with principals' caring leadership, providing insight on the role of school leadership in bridging fundamental gaps between key actors and treating crippling emotional dynamics.

Approach to The Principal's Leadership in Blusukan

“…As the subordinates feel the support and trust, they are projected to feel comfort when working, which in the end will create a conducive working environment. Corresponding to the findings, (Berkovich, 2023) drew a conclusion from his study that caring leadership is connected to the emotional side and the working climate at school. By way of addition, such leadership will promote subordinates innovativeness as reported by (Dedering & Pietsch, 2023), that school leaders' faith in teachers as their subordinates has a clear and significant association with teachers' collective innovativeness.…”

Kapitał emocjonalny w perspektywie całożyciowego uczenia się – ujęcie adaptacyjne versus krytyczne

“…Kapitał emocjonalny jest przedmiotem badań różnych dyscyplin, zwłaszcza z obszaru nauk społecznych. W ostatnich latach pojawiły się zarówno rozszerzone teoretyczne analizy i nowe konceptualizacje (Cottingham, 2016), jak i liczne badania empiryczne (Gendron, Kouremenou, Rusu, 2016;Parcel, Hendrix, Taylor, 2016;Salamon, Sumsion, Harrison, 2017;Gendron, 2018;Piri, Pishghadam, Dixon, Rasekh, 2018;Pishghadam, Shakeebaee, 2020;Yang, Shu, Yin, 2022;Berkovich, 2023;Wang, Hindman, 2023). Badania kapitału emocjonalnego są nadal osadzane w obu opisywanych w artykule perspektywach teoretycznych: adaptacyjnej i krytycznej oraz realizowane w różnorodnych perspektywach badawczych.…”