Designing the Structural Model of the Relationship among Perceived Leadership Styles, Self- Efficacy, Structural Empowerment, and Psychological Empowerment in Teachers

This study aims at designing and examining the relationship amongst perceived leadership styles, self-efficacy, structural empowerment and psychological empowerment. Structural equation modeling was used conducting this study. The population of this study is comprised of 385 10th grade teachers in Khoramabad city selected using the multi-stage cluster sampling method. Spreitzer and Mishra’s Psychological Empowerment Scale (1995), Hersey and Blanchard Perceived Leadership Style Scale (2012), Kordnaij, Bakhshizadeh & Fatholahi Structural Empowerment (2014), and Tschannen-Moran, Woolfolk Hoy, and Hoy Teacher Self-efficacy Scale (2001) were used in this study. The findings indicated that among perceived leadership styles, the relationship between the delegating (Laissez-Faire) and selling leadership styles, and self-efficacy was significant; however,  the relationship between self-efficacy and participating and telling leadership styles was not significant. The results also suggested that selling and participating leadership styles had direct, positive, and significant effects on psychological empowerment. Moreover, indirect effects of selling and delegating leadership styles on psychological empowerment with the mediation of self-efficacy were significant. However, the results were not indicative of a direct and significant relationship between structural empowerment and psychological empowerment.