Chinese High School Teacher Survey on Principal Leadership and Collective Efficacy

Quantitative survey data collected from teachers examines the relationship between principal leadership styles and collective teacher efficacy, with gender as a moderating variable. The dataset includes demographic information, leadership styles measured by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, and teacher collective efficacy scores. It was authored by Yuwen Teng and last updated on 2026-05-06.

Use Cases

• Conduct regression analysis to test the direct effect of principal leadership styles on collective teacher efficacy.
• Perform structural equation modeling to examine the moderation effect of gender on the leadership-efficacy relationship.
• Analyze the distinct impacts of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles on teacher beliefs.
• Investigate demographic patterns and their correlation with perceptions of leadership and collective efficacy.

Strengths

• Includes three distinct, structured components: demographics, leadership styles, and collective efficacy.
• Leadership styles are measured using the established Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ).
• Dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating open use and sharing.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain statistical methods.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection from Chinese high schools.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yuwen Teng.

Collection Method

Quantitative survey data collected from teachers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 01:48:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chinese high schools.