The Relationship between Trust and Empowerment: The Mediating Role of Efficacy

Subject Areas : Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies

Elham  Imanipour ¹ (Department of English Language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran)

Received: 2022-08-15 Accepted : 2022-10-02 Published : 2023-01-05

Keywords: Trust, Efficacy, empowerment, EFL High School Teachers,

Abstract :

Schools are among the most important organizations of any society. Lack of trust in colleagues, students and parents damages the relations between teachers and prevents cooperation at schools. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between trust and empowerment considering the mediating role of efficacy among EFL high school teachers. The participants were 155 EFL teachers in Iranian high schools in Golestan province, Iran. These participants were at the range age of 23 – 58 (male = 62, female = 93). The teacher empowerment scale used in the present study is adapted from Short and Rinehart’ (1992) “School participant empowerment scale”. The teachers’ trust scale is derived from the scale of Faculty Trust in Schools developed by Hoy, Gage, and Tarter (2006). Also teacher efficacy scale developed by Tschannen-Moran, Hoy, and Hoy (1998). The result showed there is significant relationship between trust and empowerment, empowerment and efficacy, and trust and efficacy. Also, it was concluded that there is a statistically significant correlation between trust and empowerment and efficacy among EFL high school teachers in Golestan province, Iran.