The relationship between distributed leadership and teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction with the mediating role of supportive culture

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between distributed leadership and teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction with the mediating role of supportive culture.
The current research is applied and correlational method, the statistical population teachers of girls' elementary schools in the 4th district of Tehran is 658 people, the sample size was estimated to be 343 people based on Morgan's table.The stratified random sampling method is used and data collection instruments are Elmore's distributed leadership, Liu's self-efficacy, Liu's job satisfaction, Liu's and Plotncan's supportive culture questionnaire. In order to confirm the reliability of the instruments, Cronbach's alpha coefficient of distributed leadership questionnaire was estimated 0.8, self-efficacy 0.7, job satisfaction 0.7 and supportive culture questionnaire 0.8.The validity of the mentioned questionnaires has been confirmed by several experts.
The findings show a positive and direct relationship between the distributed leadership and teachers' self-efficacy, job satisfaction and supportive culture, and between supportive culture and teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction.Also, it was found that supportive culture does not play a mediating role in the relationship between distributed leadership and teachers' self-efficacy, but it plays this role in the relationship between distributed leadership and teachers' job satisfaction.
Distributed leadership style has played a role in creating the belief of self-efficacy and job satisfaction, as well as supportive culture in turn and can provide the basis for improving teachers' job satisfaction.