Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this paper is to identify teacher-level latent profiles of open innovation mindset and explore how these profiles moderate the effects of leader-member exchange on their exploitation and exploration activities. We also aim to investigate the indirect effects of principal transformational leadership on exploration activities via leader-member exchange.
Research Design: Using a sample of 3,075 teachers working in 261 schools from 12 provinces across Türkiye, this study, first, employed a moderation analysis with latent profiles variables and, second, conduct a two-level structural equation model.
Findings: Latent profile analysis produced three types of teacher mindset profiles: growth, average, and fixed. Findings indicate the quality of the dyadic exchange with the school principal did not influence engagement in exploitation activities of teachers with a growth mindset, whereas it contributed to the exploration activities of those teachers. Our results showed that when teachers perceived that their principal exhibited a higher level of transformational leadership behavior, they were more likely to have a higher leader-member exchange, which in turn increased the teachers’ exploration behavior.
Implications: This study highlights both exploitative and explorative activities are facilitated by high-quality work-related social processes within the school, and we need to recognize affective and relational contexts in the schools, as they are primarily social institutions. Copyright © 2024 The Author(s).
Original language | English |
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Journal | Educational Administration Quarterly |
Early online date | Sept 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - Sept 2024 |
Citation
Özdemir, N., Çoban, Ö., Buyukgoze, H., Gümüş, S., & Pietsch, M. (2024). Leading knowledge exploration and exploitation in schools: The moderating role of teachers’ open innovation mindset. Educational Administration Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X241281391Keywords
- Ambidexterity
- Leader-member exchange
- Open innovation mindset
- Transformational leadership
- Latent profile analysis
- Microfoundations
- Exploration
- Exploitation