Delimitations
Delimitations for this study include: (1) a purposeful sample of special education teachers, (2) the geographical location, which is public school districts located in region seven of the Commonwealth of Virginia, (3) the decision to use surveys as the method of data collection, and (4) to ask building principals to distribute the surveys to their special education teachers.
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This study did not attempt to provide a comprehensive assessment of all variables that have been shown through research as being significant contributors to attrition patterns of special educators. The emphasis of this study was to examine special education teachers’ perceived influence of transformational leadership practices upon the specific factors of teaching efficacy, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment.