| Summary: | 碩士 === 中原大學 === 企業管理研究所 === 94 === Abstract
The main purpose of this research is to explore the perception of the teachers in a higher education toward the teacher’s union. Same as other industries, education sectors are also facing pressures to change. However, unlike other organizations, universities and college are professional organizations where the teachers are the main operating core. Facing rapid change in the society and communication problems within the schools seems to cause stress to the teachers. Qualitative research methodology has been used in this research to explore the teachers’ work perception towards their job and teachers’ union in the higher education.
The evidence suggests that most teachers’ perceptions towards their jobs are mixed feelings. Many of them are not satisfied with the environment and the government policy of education. Nevertheless, it does not mean most of the teachers approve the idea of establishing teachers’ union. Unlike the teachers in high schools and elementary schools, the data demonstrates that most of the teachers are still quite reserved in the idea of organizing the teachers’ union.
The data seems to show that there are two kinds of power pulling the teachers’ attitude towards the teachers’ union. One is the environment factors which include the change of government education policy, the inefficiency of school administration and over protection of the students’ rights. These powers seem to urge the teachers to organize the teachers’ union in order to protect themselves. On the other hand, another kind of power which seems to pull the teachers away from teachers’ union is the teacher’s characteristic and their role in Chinese tradition. Good public image and the expectation of ‘teacher’ from the society seem to pull the teachers away from organizing the teachers’ union. To sum up, a initial structure of the teachers’ attitude towards the teachers’ union has been explored and established in the research.
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