ERIC Number: EJ1490286
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3435
Available Date: 2025-10-28
Ready for What Comes: Interactive Effects of Vigilant and Visionary Leadership on Teacher Job Crafting
Stefan Ninkovic1; Dejan Ðordic2; Tamara Dragojevic1
European Journal of Education, v60 n4 e70308 2025
Job crafting, which involves increasing job resources and adjusting demands, can enhance teacher motivation and, consequently, improve teaching effectiveness. However, little is known about the antecedents of teacher job crafting, especially in non-Western educational settings that are not sufficiently represented in the existing literature. The aim of this work was to examine the interaction effects of vigilant and visionary leadership on the dimensions of teacher job crafting in Serbia, which represents one of the understudied educational contexts. Participants were 315 teachers from primary and secondary schools. The obtained results showed that principal vigilant leadership is positively related to decreasing hindering job demands and increasing challenging job demands. Furthermore, we found that visionary leadership enhances the effects of vigilant leadership on all forms of teacher job crafting, except for decreasing hindering job demands. The findings suggest that school principals' combining vigilant and visionary leadership is beneficial for teacher job crafting.
Descriptors: Job Development, Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Principals, Teacher Administrator Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Serbia
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia; 2Faculty of Education, University of Novi Sad, Sombor, Serbia

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