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Chan, Wai-Yen; Lau, Shun; Nie, Youyan; Lim, Sandy; Hogan, David – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
This study tested a predictive and mediation model of teacher commitment. Teacher efficacy and sense of identification with school were hypothesized to mediate the relations of an individual antecedent (teaching experience) and two organizational antecedents (perceived organizational politics and reflective dialogue) to teacher commitment.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Structural Equation Models, Identification, Teaching Experience
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Adams, Curt M.; Forsyth, Patrick B. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: Recent scholarship has augmented Bandura's theory underlying efficacy formation by pointing to more proximate sources of efficacy information involved in forming collective teacher efficacy. These proximate sources of efficacy information theoretically shape a teacher's perception of the teaching context, operationalizing the difficulty…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Teacher Attitudes
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Ross, John A.; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne; Gray, Peter – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2004
Collective teacher efficacy refers to teacher perceptions that they constitute an effective instructional team, capable of bringing about learning in students. Previous research demonstrates that a school staff with a strong sense of collective efficacy is likely to generate high student achievement. This study of 2,170 teachers in 141 elementary…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Social Cognition