THE INFLUENCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP ON ART TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN FUJIAN PROVINCE

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In recent years, many scholars in China and abroad have paid attention to the instructional leadership of college administrators and its impact on teachers’ performance. The objectives of this research were: (1) To study the effect of instructional leadership on art teachers’ performance. (2) To decompose how the identified factors affect art teachers’ performance; and (3) To evaluate the hypothetical model fit with empirical data.

          This research used a quantitative method. A stratified multi-stage random sampling method was employed to draw 229 samples from the population of art teachers in 13 public undergraduate colleges and universities in Fujian Province. A self-rating questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to collect data, with a 100 percent return rate. The statistics used for data analysis were descriptive, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling analysis.

          The research findings revealed that: (1) Instructional leadership positively exerted its influence on art teachers’ performance in colleges and universities; (2) Instructional leadership had a positive impact on organizational climate and teachers’ job satisfaction, while the organizational climate also had a positive impact on teachers’ job satisfaction. In addition, instructional leadership also had positive impacts on art teachers’ performance through organizational climate and teachers’ job satisfaction, and (3) The model under study fitted well with empirical data.