TITLE:
Teacher as Unit Leader: Defining and Examining the Effects of Care and Support on Children: A Review of the Research
AUTHORS:
Joseph Murphy
KEYWORDS:
Students, Care, Support
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.4 No.3,
September
27,
2016
ABSTRACT: In this article, we integrate two distinct bodies of research to explore how teacher care and support
impact student outcomes: research on relational culture in classrooms from educational
scholars and, for the first time, research on positive organizational scholarship. We begin by delineating
the essential elements of care and support. We then examine findings on the impact of
care and support on initial (e.g., affiliation) and intermediate (e.g., engagement) mediating variables
on the pathway to achievement. Since our linkage of POS to teachers and classrooms is new,
we also develop a series of cautions that require attention moving forward.