TY - JOUR

T1 - A safe space and leadership matter for innovation

T2 - Exploring the role of psychological safety in the relationship between transformational leadership and innovation radicalness in Kyrgyz classrooms

AU - Bellibaş, Mehmet Şükrü

AU - Ryskulueva, Farida

AU - Levin, Julia

AU - Pietsch, Marcus

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.

PY - 2024/7/23

Y1 - 2024/7/23

N2 - The present research examines the relationship between school transformational leadership and innovation radicalness in classrooms with the moderating and mediating role of psychological safety, to provide an understanding of whether and to what extent the influence of leadership on innovation radicalness in teaching might be strengthened or weakened across various levels of psychological safety. Utilizing a dataset that included 5052 teachers working in 147 schools across Kyrgyzstan, we conducted multilevel analyses to test the proposed hypotheses. We found a positive association of transformational leadership with psychological safety and innovation radicalness in classrooms at the teacher level. Moreover, transformational leadership was more strongly related to radical innovation in schools with greater psychological safety among teachers both at the teacher and school levels. We conclude that school principals should prioritize the emotional state of teachers characterized by psychological safety by acting as transformational leaders, thereby enhancing the impact of their practices on the realization of higher innovation radicalness in the pedagogical practices of teachers.

AB - The present research examines the relationship between school transformational leadership and innovation radicalness in classrooms with the moderating and mediating role of psychological safety, to provide an understanding of whether and to what extent the influence of leadership on innovation radicalness in teaching might be strengthened or weakened across various levels of psychological safety. Utilizing a dataset that included 5052 teachers working in 147 schools across Kyrgyzstan, we conducted multilevel analyses to test the proposed hypotheses. We found a positive association of transformational leadership with psychological safety and innovation radicalness in classrooms at the teacher level. Moreover, transformational leadership was more strongly related to radical innovation in schools with greater psychological safety among teachers both at the teacher and school levels. We conclude that school principals should prioritize the emotional state of teachers characterized by psychological safety by acting as transformational leaders, thereby enhancing the impact of their practices on the realization of higher innovation radicalness in the pedagogical practices of teachers.

KW - Central Asia

KW - innovation radicalness

KW - Kyrgyzstan

KW - psychological safety

KW - teachers

KW - transformational leadership

KW - Educational science

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199569761&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6f7a8e1c-cc12-3ea5-8b21-3b36991797b9/

U2 - 10.1177/17411432241264696

DO - 10.1177/17411432241264696

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85199569761

JO - Educational Management Administration and Leadership

JF - Educational Management Administration and Leadership

SN - 1741-1432

ER -