The Study of Cross-Hierarchical Linear Correlation of Teachers’ Interpersonal Networks and Well-Being Correlated with Principals’ Positive Emotional Leadership

Abstract

This study aims to investigate how teachers’ well-being is affected by interpersonal networks and school principals’ positive emotional leadership and how the contextual moderating effects are at play among the cross-hierarchical factors. The research framework is divided into two levels, the individual level on how “teachers’ interpersonal networks” affect “teachers’ well-being”, and the group level on the impact of “principals’ positive emotional leadership”. Teachers from 62 elementary schools in Taiwan were invited to participate in the survey study, and 1,452 valid data were returned. The demographic variables were analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics. The cross-level moderating effects were further examined via Hierarchical Linear Modelling (HLM). The results show that teachers’ interpersonal networks will impact well-being positively. Principals’ positive emotional leadership will affect teachers’ well-being positively as well. Moreover, the joyful leadership dimension of principals’ positive emotional leadership plays a positive moderator role in how teachers’ interpersonal networks contribute to well-being. The implication of this study is to discover the predictive model which enhanced teachers’ well-being from the cross-hierarchical perspective.