Dual-Focused Transformational Leadership, Teachers’ Satisfaction of the Need for Relatedness, and the Mediating Role of Social Support

Basic psychological need satisfaction is essential for the wellbeing of teachers and motivation at work. Transformational leadership contributes to development maintenance a respectful, constructive atmosphere, supportive working climate, has been suggested be crucial factor relatedness employees. also considered as an ideal style in school setting, but most studies did not distinguish between individual team effects this behavior. In present study, we applied dual-focused model transformational focused on social processes address question whether individual- group-focused behavior contribute differently teachers. Based longitudinal data with three measurement points across one year N = 1,217 teachers, results structural equational models supported notion dual leadership: Individual-focused was directly positively related change The relationship mediated by received support from members. These findings emphasize importance principals is, therefore, only satisfied through direct interaction principal teacher interactions whole team. Our confirm that should focus their both well development.