The Mediating Role of DepEd Core Behavioral Competencies and Principal’s Motivational Strategies on Crisis Leadership and Teacher’s Work Performance

Abstract

The study aimed to determine motivational strategies and DepEd Core Behavioral Competencies as mediating variables of crisis leadership in the work performance of elementary teachers. The study utilized a descriptive method, with 147 teachers of Sto. Angel District, Division of San Pablo, during the S.Y. 2023-2024 as respondents. The study found out a significant relationship between crisis leadership, DepEd core behavioral competencies, principal’s motivational strategies, and teachers’ work performance. DepEd Core Behavioral Competencies and the principal’s motivational strategies partially mediated the relationship between crisis leadership and the work performance of teachers. The study recommended that school heads may exercise crisis leadership when there is a rising crisis to make them succeed in their leadership, being aware of crisis management, principals can create emergency response plans to safeguard teachers, learners, and everyone in the school community, motivational strategies can be used to encourage teachers to perform well their duties and responsibilities, and to the future researchers may be encouraged to conduct studies embedded in local settings to justify that the mentioned variables may predict DepEd Core Behavioral Competencies and principal’s motivational strategies as mediating variables of crisis leadership related to the work performance of teachers.