Typology of trust relationships: Profiles of teachers' trust in principal and their implications
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This exploratory study is based on a multidimensional perspective of trust relationships proposed in the literature to classify the profiles of teachers’ trust in the principal. The main purpose of the present study was to examine the type and frequency of profiles of teachers’ trust in principal, and the implications of these profiles for teachers’ relational wellbeing and their organisational citizenship behaviours (OCB). Cluster analysis of a field survey data of 654 public primary school teachers in Israel was used to identify the profiles of teachers’ trust in the principal and the prevalence of various profiles. Analyses of variance show differences in teachers’ wellbeing and OCB as a function of trust profile. The findings and their implications are discussed.
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Student misbehavior or trust in principals is a specific characteristic of teaching relevant to professional well-being.
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- Authors
- Berkovich, I.
- Affiliations
- Open University of Israel (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Berkovich, Izhak
- ORCID
- Berkovich, Izhak
- Venue
- Teachers and Teaching
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-06-12
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 749-767
- ISSN
- 1354-0602 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-1278
- OpenAlex
- W2807859049
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 12.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Teachers and Teaching (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › School Leadership and Teacher Performance
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Keywords
- relational well-being, organizational citizenship behavior, primary school teachers, school leadership, teacher well-being
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