“…Further, schools that were led by principals who were transformational leaders were more likely to see decreasing gaps between minority and non-minority students' performances in achievement tests. Macey and Schneider's (2008) framework is supported in this study by Kahn's (1990) needs-satisfying approach, which proposed that an employee's mindset is influenced by outside forces (Shuck, 2011). Employees are more willing to invest time, physical, and mental energy into the job if the job is meaningful, safe, and if the employee receives needed resources to get the job done.…”