Abstract
Investigating the significance of Caring School Leadership (CSL) in Mediating Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC) and Associated Health Outcomes for Teachers in South African Primary and Secondary Schools
Highlights
Poor psychological health and associated maladaptive health outcomes in the workplace are an increasing problem worldwide, associated with significant social and economic costs [1] and an annual reduction in productivity [2]
A pattern of dysfunction associated with suboptimal Caring School Leadership (CSL) has emerged from this investigation, which is consistent with other studies amongst Australian and South African (SA) teachers [23]
Notwithstanding the acknowledged limitations of the study, the results form a consistent pattern, which suggests that the teaching environment and the teaching profession in SA face numerous significant challenges
Summary
Poor psychological health and associated maladaptive health outcomes in the workplace are an increasing problem worldwide, associated with significant social and economic costs [1] and an annual reduction in productivity [2]. Within this context, teaching ranks amongst the most stressful professions globally. Teachers are reported to experience career-compromising levels of stress, burnout and maladaptive health outcomes [3,4,5,6,7]. To date the phenomenon has been little studied or researched empirically
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