Mediating Effects of Organizational Commitment on The Relationship Between Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction of art Teachers in Shenyang, Liaoning Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to propose a model of mediating effects of organizational commitment relationship between leadership behavior on job satisfaction of art teachers in Shenyang, Liaoning province 2) to evaluate the model fit with the empirical data, and focus to the variables were influenced the job’s satisfaction of art teachers. The total population of this study included 564 art teachers from schools of art in Shenyang. A stratified random sampling method was used to sample, totaling 270 person which calculated from G*Power program. The instrument for collecting data was a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to perform data analysis by using statistical computer software. Research results revealed that: 1.  A mediating effects relationship between administrator’s leadership behavior and teacher’s job satisfaction model fit with the empirical data at statistical significant p < 0.01, the value of the full model: Chi-square = 241.98, df = 62, GFI, AGFI, CFI, NFI = 0.95, and SRMR= 0.04.  2. Administrators behavior had a directly influence teacher’s job satisfaction and organizational commitment.3.  Administrator’s leadership behaviors indirectly influence job satisfaction through organizational commitment more than directly to job satisfaction. The Shenyang, Liaoning School District and provincial offices can use this research results for school administrators, as a result of this research, in particular, with personnel bipartisanship, which is a priority in the work of the organization to be accomplished. Administrators must have leadership behavior like as transformational leadership style, which is critical to job engagement/commitment and organization, because this gives people a sense of commitment.