TY - JOUR
T1 - The Principal's Role in Promoting Teachers' Extra-Role Behaviors
T2 - Some Insights From Road-Safety Education
AU - Oplatka, Izhar
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was funded by the Research Fund on Insurance Matters affiliated with the Israel Insurance Association (RA).
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The current study aimed to understand the principal's role in promoting or inhibiting the appearance of teacher organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) in safety education. Based on semistructured interviews with 30 teachers and 10 principals working in the Israeli State Education System, it was found that the principal influences teacher OCB in safety education (and probably in other aspects of the schooling process) through caring for the teachers' needs, devising a school policy that prioritizes road safety education, delegating authority to self-starter teachers, providing support to teachers' initiatives and OCBs, and expressing positive emotions including positive feedback to the teachers who go beyond formal role expectations at work.
AB - The current study aimed to understand the principal's role in promoting or inhibiting the appearance of teacher organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) in safety education. Based on semistructured interviews with 30 teachers and 10 principals working in the Israeli State Education System, it was found that the principal influences teacher OCB in safety education (and probably in other aspects of the schooling process) through caring for the teachers' needs, devising a school policy that prioritizes road safety education, delegating authority to self-starter teachers, providing support to teachers' initiatives and OCBs, and expressing positive emotions including positive feedback to the teachers who go beyond formal role expectations at work.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890078878&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15700763.2013.847461
DO - 10.1080/15700763.2013.847461
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AN - SCOPUS:84890078878
SN - 1570-0763
VL - 12
SP - 420
EP - 439
JO - Leadership and Policy in Schools
JF - Leadership and Policy in Schools
IS - 4
ER -
