The role of the school principal in burnout and job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Greece

Abstract

This research aims to identify the role of school principals in burnout and job satisfaction of Greek teachers that are working in both primary and secondary education. The aim was covered through quantitative research with a structured and online distributed questionnaire used as the main research tool. The research participants were 155 schoolteachers coming from primary and secondary Greek school units. They were collected by using convenience sampling and the avalanche method. For the distribution of the questionnaire, the Google Forms platform was used, and for the statistical analysis. The main research results showed that transactional and transformational leadership are more implemented in Greek schools, than laissez-faire leadership style. Teachers’ levels of job burnout are positively affected by laissez-faire leadership and negatively affected by the two positive leadership styles. On the contrary, transformational, and transactional leadership has a positive impact on job satisfaction levels and a negative impact on teachers’ burnout.

Keywords:  Job satisfaction; laissez-faire leadership; teachers; transactional leadership; transformational leadership