... emerged from robust evidence on the essential function of curiosity for knowing, learning, performance and life well-being, as well as limited research on social processes that leaders can leverage to stimulate teachers’ motivation to understand how their students learn. Curiosity is an inner energy...

... as an important propeller of human motivation at work (see also Rothbard, 2001). According to the SDT, environmental conditions that foster people's innate psychological needs and tendencies towards personal growth enable optimum well-being. Ryan and Deci (2000) identified three inherent psychological needs...

... the transformational dimensions identified by Bass (1985) : the single dimension, “vision building”, encompasses two of Bass's dimensions (idealized influence and inspirational motivation). Studies of transformational leadership in The Netherlands have generally confirmed Canadian findings with respect to vision...

..., abilities, and efforts towards shared purposes. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Teachers Motivation Leadership Vision Behaviour Schools today want leaders who have vision. Increasingly, vision is seen as a core leadership task that must be mastered by all leaders (Lashway, 2000). Generally...

... systems and governments need to look within the outer domain of teacher satisfaction for answers to the problems currently facing teachers, schools and society. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Organizational change Job satisfaction Motivation Career development Education Research A precursor...

...Emilie M. Lonardi; Donald J. Willower; Paul V. Bredeson Using needs theory as a framework, describes research that examined top rated school superintendents′ needs for power, achievement and affiliation. Identifies distinctive motivational profiles using the job choice exercise (JCE...