The Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Preschool Teachers' Job Burnout: the Chain Mediating Effect of Regulatory Emotional Self-efficacy and Work Engagement

: This study aims to explore the relationship between transformational leadership and job burnout among preschool teachers, as well as the chain mediating role of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and work engagement in this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of preschool teachers to collect data on transformational leadership, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, work engagement, and job burnout. The results indicate that transformational leadership negatively predicts job burnout among preschool teachers. Regulatory emotional self-efficacy and work engagement were found to partially mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and job burnout, respectively. Moreover, transformational leadership indirectly predicts job burnout through the chain mediation of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and work engagement.