Facilitative, inclusive principal leadership and effective principal supervision are associated with more positive trust relations¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q3
Currency · newest study 1996 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? In multilevel models controlling for school, teacher, and student composition, principal leadership was associated with positive trust relations, especially teacher-principal trust, and principal supervision showed significant effects on teacher-teacher and teacher-parent trust. → Bryk 1996
Evidence¶
Bryk 1996¶
Bryk, A. S., & Schneider, B. (1996). Social Trust: A Moral Resource for School Improvement. University of Chicago, Center for School Improvement (draft). https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/social-trust-moral-resource-school-improvement
q3 · i? · associational · r?
Three-level HLM analysis with trust relations as level-1 outcomes, teacher predictors at level 2, and school composition and facilitating factors at level 3. The article also reports "significant effects for principal supervision on both teacher-teacher and teacher-parent trust."
"As expected, principal leadership was associated with the positive trust relations, especially for teacher-principal trust."
Discussion¶
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claim |
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principal-leadership-associated-with-trust-relations |
title |
Facilitative, inclusive principal leadership and effective principal supervision are associated with more positive trust relations |
description |
Facilitative, inclusive principal leadership and effective principal supervision are associated with more positive trust relations |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
1996 |
source_checked |
2026-10-20 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — bryk-1996 |
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