How Principals' Systems Thinking Shapes Teacher Team Effectiveness: Exploring the Role of Organisational Learning Mechanisms

ABSTRACT The study investigates the mediating role of organisational learning mechanisms in the relationship between principals' system thinking and collective teacher efficacy and senior management team innovation after accounting for students' socioeconomic backgrounds. A four‐source survey design was used, from a sample of 494 participants, principals, school management team members, and teachers, from 71 elementary schools. The results from structural equation modelling and bootstrapping analysis indicated that organisational learning mechanisms mediate the relationship between principals' systems thinking and collective teacher efficacy and senior management team innovation. Theoretical and practical implications for teacher education are discussed.