Inspirational Leadership and its Impact as a Mediating Variable in the Relationship Between Solid Personality and the Integration of Teachers of Students with Learning Disabilitie

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College of Education, Jouf University, Saudi Arabia

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This study was applied to teachers of learning disabilities in the KSA, and aims to Investigate the mediating role of inspirational leadership in the relationship between solid personality dimensions and the integration teachers of students with learning disabilities into the workplace. A total of 320 teachers of students with learning disabilities in the KSA participated in the survey. The study method was descriptive, correlational. Statistical analyzes were used and conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences+ (Version 26) SPSS/PC, AMOS statistical program (26) to evaluate the data and test the study hypotheses. The results of the study showed, inspirational leadership has a positive impact on the integration of teachers with learning disabilities. In addition, a solid personality enhances learning disability teachers' integration into the workplace. The results showed that the relationship between solid personality dimensions and the integration of teachers of students with learning disabilities in the workplace is mediated by inspirational leadership. Examining the role of inspirational leadership as a mediator also deepens our understanding of the relationship between hard personality dimensions and the integration of Teachers of students with learning disabilities

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