Exploring the Impact of Transformational Leadership on Job Satisfaction and Turnover in Educational Settings

Abstract

This research analyzes the relationship between transformational leadership (TL), job satisfaction (JS) and intention to leave (ITL) in the context of public primary school teachers in the Antofagasta region (Chile). A questionnaire is structured based on instruments validated in the international literature. Teachers are selected through non-probabilistic convenience sampling. Data analysis is performed using the two-stage method of structural equations. The results indicate that the proposed model has a significant and important capacity to explain job satisfaction and intention to leave. The results show a negative and significant association between age and intention to leave. It is concluded that the transformational leadership style plays an important role in job satisfaction, and in turn, the latter in teachers' intention to leave.