| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育資料科學學系 === 84 === The main purpose of this study was to investigate the
relationship between faculties'' concerns for the
educational innovation and their perceptions of
organizational climate regarding to the implementation of Total
Quality Management in Tamkang University. The investigator
derived conclusions and recommendations from analysis of
related theories and the results of empirical study for the
reference of higher education institution in the diffusion
of educational innovation. The subjects of this study
were 687 full time faculty members (including those who
with purely teaching duties, those who with some
administrative duties, and administrators with some
teaching duties) of Tamkang University which is the first
and only school implementing the Total Quality Management
system in Taiwan. Two measurement instruments: "Stages of
Concern Questionnaire of Innovation" and "Organizational
Climate Description Questionnaire" --translated into Chinese--
were used to collect data for this study. The major findings of
this study were as follows: 1.The concern status of faculties
at Tamkang University was at the stage of nonuser. However,
the faculties were seem willing to absorb more information.
The faculties'' perception of organizational climate was in the
medium level of openness. 2. There were significant
difference of faculties'' concerns for educational
innovation among different ages, seniorities, duties, and
ranks. The factors including ages, genders, seniorities,
duties, and ranks all revealed significant difference in
faculties'' perception of organizational climate. 3.There was
correlation between faculties'' perception of the school
organizational climate and faculties'' concerns of the
educational innovation.
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