?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1137%2F&rft.title=THE+EFFECT+OF+SCHOOL+BUREAUCRACY+AND+TEACHERS%E2%80%99+DEMOGRAPHIC+VARIABLES+ON+THE+RELATIONSHIP+BETWEEN+PRINCIPALS%E2%80%99+LEADERSHIP+PRACTICE+AND+TEACHER+COMMITMENT+IN+PENANG+SECONDARY+SCHOOLS&rft.creator=Kean%2C+Teoh+Hong%2C+Dr&rft.subject=L+Education+(General)&rft.description=This+was+a+mixed+method+research.+The+purpose+was+to+determine+the+relationship+between+principal+leadership+practices+and+teacher+commitment.+The+mediator+was+school+bureaucracy+while+the+moderator+was+teacher+demographic+data.+The+study+was++conducted++using++quantitative++survey++questionnaire++to++367++teachers++from++126+secondary++schools%2Cranging++from++band++1++to++band++6++in++Penang++using++multi++stage+stratified+cluster+random+sampling.+Then%2C+it+was+followed+by+qualitative+interviews+upon+12+school+teachers+and+principals%2C+chosen+by+purposive+stratified+random+sampling+to+seek+a+better+understanding+of+significant+phenomenon.+This+study+was+using+SPSS+nonparametric+analysis+and+Partial+Least+Squares+Structural+Equation+Modeling+(PLS-SEM)++to++analyze++the++data.++The++study++found++that++teacher++commitment++was++high%2C+especially+in+commitment+in+teaching+work.+The+study+also+identified+three+significant+predictors+of+principal+leadership+practices+that+could+enhanced+teacher+commitment.+Another+key+finding+that+emerged+from+the+study+was+that+the+school+bureaucracy+had+partial+mediating+effect+on+the+relationship+between+principal+leadership+practices+and+teacher++commitment.+Teacher++demographic++data++had++significant++effect++on++the+relationship.+Findings+from+this+study+could+be+used+to+tailor+professional+leadership+development+programs+that+emphasize+on+the+understanding+of+principal+leadership+practices.++Principal++leadership++practices++such++as++continuous++improvement++of+instruction%2C+cooperation+and+collaboration+and+school+climate+that+impacting+teacher+commitment+might+regard+as+necessary+core+business+in+school.+School+bureaucracy%2C+though+it+is+highly+centralized%2C+was+another+matter+of+important+with+regard+to+teacher+commitment.&rft.publisher=Insitute+of+Educational+Leadership%2C+Universiti+Malaya%2C+Kuala+Lumpur%2C+Malaysia&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1137%2F1%2FPengumpulan%2520Abstrak%2520Kajian%2520Pemegang%2520Kedoktoran%2520IAB%2520TEOH.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kean%2C+Teoh+Hong%2C+Dr+++THE+EFFECT+OF+SCHOOL+BUREAUCRACY+AND+TEACHERS%E2%80%99+DEMOGRAPHIC+VARIABLES+ON+THE+RELATIONSHIP+BETWEEN+PRINCIPALS%E2%80%99+LEADERSHIP+PRACTICE+AND+TEACHER+COMMITMENT+IN+PENANG+SECONDARY+SCHOOLS.++Insitute+of+Educational+Leadership%2C+Universiti+Malaya%2C+Kuala+Lumpur%2C+Malaysia.+++++