Visionary Leadership Strategies in Nurturing Teachers’ Innovative Behavioral Competencies

The Mediating Role of Leader Supportiveness

Abstract

Innovative behavioral competencies are crucial in meeting the challenges of a dynamic workplace. This study aimed to explore the mediating role of leader supportiveness in the association between visionary leadership strategies and teachers’ innovative behavioral competencies in the context of public elementary school. Using a descriptive research design, 145 teaching staff responded to a survey questionnaire which served as the primary instrument of the study. The relationship between the variables is tested using the Pearson Correlation while mediation analyss was conducted using Process Macro. The study revealed that visionary leadership strategies are significantly related to innovative behavioral competencies. Furthermore, it was found that leader supportiveness fully mediates the relationship between the school head’s visionary leadership strategies and innovative behavioral competencies. With this, the researchers recommend exploring practices that foster leader supportiveness to ensure that visionary leadership strategies of the school heads translate to innovative behavioral competencies among the teachers.