Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government

Abstract

This research article investigates the effects of school principals' distributed leadership style on
teachers' job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a low-income, underdeveloped
country. Data was collected from 650 school teachers working at 65 conveniently selected
private secondary schools in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Statisticalprocedures such as
descriptive statistics, reliability, validity, goodness of fit, and SEM were utilized to analyze the
data quantitatively. The analysis results showed that principles distributed leadership style
significantly affected teachers’ job satisfaction (Beta = 0.425, t = 12.142) and organizational
commitment (Beta = 0.387, t = 9.439) in private schools in Afghanistan. In addition, the results
indicated that organizational commitment mediated the relationship between distributed
leadership and teachers’ job satisfaction (Beta = 0.142, t = 7.474). The results also suggested that
teachers’ work experience positively influenced their level of commitment and job satisfaction,
while their agehad no significant impact on the mentioned variables