How does School Organizational Democracy Influence School Development: A Moderated Mediation Model of Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Job Satisfaction

How does School Organizational Democracy Influence School Development: A Moderated Mediation Model of Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Job Satisfaction | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article How does School Organizational Democracy Influence School Development: A Moderated Mediation Model of Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Job Satisfaction Zongqing Cao, Yingqi Yue, Guoyuan Ran, Ling Tan, Linman He This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7816424/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 27 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract School organizational democracy is a key prerequisite for school governance. Through a moderated mediation model, this study aims to explore how school organizational democracy affects school development. The research data were collected from 583 teachers in Beijing China. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 27.0 software, including common method bias tests, descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and mediation effect analysis using the Bootstrap method. The results show that school organizational democracy has both direct and indirect significant effects on school development, with organizational citizenship behavior playing a mediating role in this relationship, and job satisfaction a moderating role. Social science/Education Biological sciences/Psychology Social science/Psychology School organizational democracy school development organizational citizenship behavior job satisfaction a moderated mediation model Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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