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The Influence of Distributed Leadership on Job Stress in Technical and Vocational Education

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Distributed leadership proposed in the field of leadership studies for the improvement of organizational effectiveness. Job stress is the work situation that can affect the organizational performance. Thus, these studies carried out to measure the influence of distributed leadership on job stress. Studies on distributed leadership and job stress are scarce especially in technical and vocational education. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the influence of distributed leadership on job stress. The quantitative approaches used in this study. The sample of the study comprises of 359 educators from technical and vocational education. Data collected through instruments known as the Distributed Leadership Instrument (DLI) and Teachers Stress Inventory (TSI). Results shows that distributed leadership and job stress are in moderate level in technical and vocational education. The findings also revealed that distributed leadership has inverse and significant influence on job stress. This shows that distributed leadership able to reduce job stress. Further studies should be carried out to discuss more on the distributed leadership influences.