Introduction
Previous research has demonstrated that transformational leadership contributes to
valued teacher outcomes. For example, teachers in schools characterized by
transformational principal behavior are more likely than teachers in other schools
to express satisfaction with their principal, report that they exert extra effort, and be
more committed to the organization and to improving it (Leithwood, Jantzi, &
Steinbach, 1999). Few studies of the relationship between principal behavior and
teacher outcomes have examined the mechanisms through which leadership impacts