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4 Linking School Principals’ Leadership

Styles and Teacher Professional

Well-Being: Systematic Literature Review

Monika Šimkut˙ e-Bukant˙ e
Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Vilma Žydži¯ unait˙ e
Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
© 2025 Monika Šimkut˙ e-Bukant˙ eand VilmaŽydži¯unait˙ e
https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-504-7.4

Introduction
International research suggests that teacher well-being is directly re-
lated to the leadership of school principals (Makgato & Mudzanani,
2019; Van der Vyver et al., 2020; Cann et al., 2021). Qualitative research
conducted in Canada found that leaders influence teacher well-being
by demonstrating respect for professional competence, representing
teachers’ interests, listening, and communicating the school’s vision
(Lambersky, 2016). Quantitative research conducted in Italy found that
schools with high levels of leadership also have higher teacher job sat-
isfaction, higher teacher productivity, and a more supportive school
climate (Paletta et al., 2017). A quantitative study conducted in India
found that the higher the psychological empowerment, the greater
the expression of empowering leadership, and empowered teachers
are more committed to the school and less disengaged (Dash & Vohra,
2019).
The results of a quantitative study conducted in America showed that
the actions of school leaders and their expression of leadership have
an impact on teachers’ professional practice, job satisfaction, psycho-
emotional state, motivation and, ultimately, teacher well-being (Ford et
al., 2019). The results of the study also revealed that working both indi-
vidually with the needs of teachers and with the whole team achieves a
greater level of influence in raising teacher well-being. Thus, research re-
veals the links between principal leadership and teachers’ professional
well-being or its elements, but the links are fragmented, and princi-
pal leadership is referred to as a general concept of leadership (Lam-

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