The Study of the Relationship among the Principal''''''''s Leadership Style, the Teachers'''''''' Work Value and Organizational Commitment in Elementary Schools.

• Main Authors: Peng, Ya-jane, 彭雅珍
• Other Authors: FONG,TSAO LIN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1998
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22417024274710190892

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育學系 === 86 === This study focused on the following topics. First, it explored the reality for elementary school principal''''''''s leadership style, which included transformational leadership and transactional leadership,teacher''''''''s work value and organizational commitment. Second, it investigated the relationship among theprincipal''''''''s leadership style, teacher''''''''s work value and organizational commitment. Finally, it tried to understand the differences between teacher''''''''s demographic variables on the teacher''''''''s perception of the principal''''''''s leadership style, teacher''''''''s work value and organizational commitment. This study employed the survey method. The subjects were 642 teachers randomly sampled from 54 public elementary schools in Taipei. The instruments included " The principal''''''''s transformational leadership inventory ", " The principal''''''''s transactional leadership inventory "," The teacher''''''''s work value inventory ", and " The teacher''''''''s organizational commitment ". Data were analyzed using the method of descriptive andinferential statistics, including frequencies, t-test, correlation analysis, and ANOVA. The major findings are:1. The scores were above average on the principal''''''''s transformational leadership and the teacher''''''''s organi- zational commitment; the scores were average on the principal''''''''s transactional leadership and the teacher''''''''s work value. 2. Significant positive correlation existed between the principal''''''''s transformational leadership and the teacher''''''''s organizational commitment. The principal''''''''s transactional leadership also have positive correlation with teacher''''''''s organizational commitment except "passive management- by-exception". Besides, the result showed that a transformational principal can also be a transactional leader.3. Significant positive correlation existed between the teacher''''''''s work value and organizational commitment. However, there are no correlation between " safty and welfare" and "intention to stay".4. Significant differences existed among low, middle, and high principal''''''''s transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and teacher''''''''s work value on teacher''''''''s organizational commitment.5. Significant differences existed in the teacher''''''''s gender, age, marriage, seniority, school size on the teacher''''''''s perception of principal''''''''s transformational leadership.6. Significant differences existed in the teacher''''''''s academic degree, seniority, school size on the teacher''''''''s perception of principal''''''''s transactional leadership.7. Significant differences existed in the teacher''''''''s gender, age, marriage, seniority, position on the teacher''''''''s work value.8. Significant differences existed in the teacher''''''''s age, marriage, academic degree, seniority, position on the teacher''''''''s organizational commitment. According to the results of this study, the researcher tried to make some suggestions for educationalauthorities, elementary school principals, elementary school teachers and the future study.