Mediating Role of Professional Collaboration and Organizational Commitment in the Relationship between Distributed Teachers'Leadership and Job Satisfaction

The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of professional collaboration and organizational commitment in the relationship between distributed Teachers ‘leadership and job satisfaction. The statistical population of this study consists of school teachers in Semirom city, whose number is equal to 1400 people. In order to select the sample size, using Cochran's formula, a sample of 302 people was randomly selected. The Jersey Torres Questionnaire (2019) and the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire from Allen and Meyer (1990) were used to measure Distributed leadership, professional collaboration, and job satisfaction. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability and its validity by construct and content validity. Research hypotheses were analyzed using the structural equation modeling technique. The results of the research indicated that distributive leadership has a positive and significant effect on professional collaboration, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Also, professional collaboration has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction. Finally, the mediating role between professional collaboration and commitment in the relationship between distributive leadership and job satisfaction was confirmed.