?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1174%2F&rft.title=The+influence+of+instructional+leadership+of+middle+managers+on+teacher+commitment+through+professional+learning+community+and+the+role+of+trust+in+leader+as+a+moderator.&rft.creator=Amin%2C+Nor+Aiza+Zamzam.&rft.subject=L+Education+(General)&rft.description=This+study+investigates+the+influence+of+instructional+leadership+of+middle+managers+on+teacher+commitment%2C+professional+learning+community+(PLC)+as+the+mediator+and+trust+in+leader+as+the+moderator+on+the+relationship+between+instructional+leadership+and+teacher+commitment.+This+study+is+designed+using+the+survey+method.+The+questionnaire+was+adapted+from+Principal+Instructional+Management+Rating+Scale+(PIMRS)+by+Hallinger+and+Murphy+(1985)%2C+Professional+Learning+Community+Assessment+(PLCA)+by+Huffman+and+Hipp+(2003)%2C+Omnibus+T-Scale+by+Hoy+and+Tschannen-Moran+(2003)+and+teacher+commitment+by+Nordin+(2007).+The+questionnaire+was+administered+to+400+secondary+school+teachers+based+on+their+geographical+locations+which+have+been+clustered+into+zones+using+a+multi-stage+sampling.+The+hypotheses+were+tested+using+mean+score%2C+multiple+regression+procedure+and+hierarchical+multiple+regression+as+specified+by+Baron+and+Kenny+(1988).+The+study+shows+that+instructional+leadership+practised+by+the+middle+managers%2C+PLC%2C+trust+in+leader+and+teacher+commitment+were+at+a+high+level.+Secondly%2C+managing+instructional+programme+had+the+most+influence+on+teacher+commitment.+In+addition%2C+both+managing+instructional+programme+and+developing+positive+learning+climate+had+the+same+impact+on+PLC.+It+is+also+discovered+that+all+dimensions+of+PLC+functioned+as+partial+mediators+between+monitoring+student+progress+and+teacher+commitment+to+school.+The+result+of+the+study+also+indicates+that+instructional+leadership+was+positively+related+to+teacher+commitment.+The+relationships+between+all+the+seven+dimensions+of+instructional+leadership+and+teacher+commitment+to+student+were+stronger+among+teachers+with+high+trust+in+leader+than+among+those+with+low+trust+in+the+leader.+In+conclusion%2C+instructional+leadership+and+the+practice+of+PLC+were+able+to+increase+the+commitment+of+teachers.+In+addition%2C+teachers%E2%80%99+trust+in+leader+also+plays+an+important+role+in+improving+teacher+commitment.+One+of+the+implications+gained+from+this+study+is+that+it+is+timely+for+the+principals+to+share+the+responsibilities+as+instructional+leaders+with+their+middle+managers+as+the+post+as+senior+assistants+can+be+considered+as+a+training+ground+for+the+principalship+and+also+as+a+starting+point+for+most+of+the+senior+assistants+who+expect+to+move+into+other+areas+of+school+management.+One+of+the+recommendations+for+future+studies+is+to+have+a+mixed-method+study+in+order+to+get+a+detailed+insight+of+what+is+really+happening+in+the+school+when+investigating+the+instructional+leadership%2C+PLC%2C+trust+in+leader+and+teacher+commitment%2C+like+interview%2C+observation+and+documentation.&rft.publisher=School+of+Educational+Studies%2C+Universiti+Sains+Malaysia&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1174%2F1%2FAiza%2520IAB_PhD%2520Abstract.pdf&rft.identifier=++Amin%2C+Nor+Aiza+Zamzam.+++The+influence+of+instructional+leadership+of+middle+managers+on+teacher+commitment+through+professional+learning+community+and+the+role+of+trust+in+leader+as+a+moderator.++School+of+Educational+Studies%2C+Universiti+Sains+Malaysia.+++++