This case study will provide an analysis of how the article “Teachers’ leadership: A maker or a breaker of students’ educational motivation”, employed path-goal leadership theory to further explore this …show more content…
It is important to note that an equal percentage of students were selected for high and lows motivational scores, further validating the accuracy and relevance of the findings (Oqvist & Malmstrom, 2016, p.5). Researchers completed a four-phase thematic coding process to identify consistencies between interview transcript, which produced the leadership behaviors: (1) guiding, (2) supporting, (3) participating, and (4) performance oriented (Oqvist & Malmstrom, 2016, p.6). Furthermore, the data analysis process prompted researchers to develop an “overarching categorization” for teachers with high and low degrees of developmental leadership (Oqvist & Malmstrom, 2016,