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This study aims to examine the relationship between distributive leadership and teachers' collective efficacy. In addition, this study also measures to what extent distributive leadership is practiced in relation to teachers’ collective efficacy as well as the contributions and influence of distributive leadership on teachers’ collective efficacy among primary school teachers in Perak. This study uses a quantitative approach with survey design using questionnaire as the instrument. Data is collected using stratified random sampling and easy random sampling. A total of 440 respondents were involved in this study. Two statistical analysis have been used, which are descriptive analysis for distributive leadership and collective efficacy of teachers, and inferential analysis using Pearson's correlation to examine the relationship between the two variables. The findings of this study found that the level of distributive leadership was high (min = 4.106, SP = .456) and the collective efficacy of teachers was also high (min = 4.061, SP = .430). While the correlation analysis shows that distributive leadership has a positive and significant correlation to the collective efficacy of teachers. In sum, leaders who practice distributive leadership styles are able to influence the collective efficacy of teachers.
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