The Relationship between Distributed Leadership and Teachers’ Organizational Commitment in Guangzhou City, China

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers’ organizational obligation and distributed leadership in secondary schools ofBaiyun district in Guangzhou city, China. This study was conducted using the quantitative survey approach. The respondents comprised of 98 teachers were selected through random sampling. The data of the study were collected using 22 items from Distributed Leadership Inventory and 15 items from Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. The data analysis used independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation with SPSS version 22. The findings of the study showed that there was no significant difference between gender and teaching work experience based on organizational commitment. However, there was a positive relationship between school distributed leadership and teachers’ organizational commitment.