A Causal Model of Transformational Leadership and School Environments through Basic Psychological Needs Affecting Teachers’ Engagement in Professional Learning in Schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Abstract

The objectives of this quantitative research were: 1) to study transformational leadership and school environments through basic psychological needs affecting teachers’ engagement on professional learning in schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, and 2) to develop and validate consistency of a causal model of transformational leadership and school environments through basic psychological needs affecting teachers’ engagement in professional learning in these schools. A sample of 440 teachers was randomly drawn from all teachers in schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in the 2017 academic year. The main method was a questionnaire, constructed by the researchers with overall reliability of.98. The data was analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation and structural equation modeling analysis. The main research results obtained for the four variables which are transformational leadership, school environments, basic psychological needs and teachers’ engagement in professional learning were: 1) All four variables were overall at a high level ( = 4.17, S.D. =.78). 2) Developing and validating consistency of the causal model of the four variables fitted very well with the empirical data ( 2 = 77.93, df = 60, 2/df = 1.30, P-value = 0.60, GFI = 0.98, AGFI = 0.94, RMR = 0.02, RMSEA =0.03).