The Study on the Emotional Labor and Job Satisfication of Elementary School Teachers in Taichung City

• Main Authors: Chia-ping Hou, 侯嘉萍
• Other Authors: Long-kwei Kang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12645674397761218069

碩士 === 中臺科技大學 === 文教事業經營研究所 === 98 === Abstract The study was aimed at exploring the correlation between teachers’ emotional labor and job satisfaction of elementary school teachers. It focused on： 1. Investigating the current state of teachers’ emotional labor and job satisfaction of elementary school teachers. 2. Studying the connections among teachers’ background variables, teachers’ emotional labor and job satisfaction of elementary school teachers. 3. An analysis of the interrelation and prediction between teachers’ emotional labor and job satisfaction of elementary school teachers. Methods adopted in this research were conducted through the questionnaire and the analytic approach of documents. The samples were 463 teachers selected from elementary schools in Taichung City. The collected data were analyzed for the hypothesis test through descriptive statistics, the t-test, one-way ANOVA, product-moment correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. A brief summary of the data analysis outcome was as followings: 1.The current situation of Elementary School teachers’ emotional labor and job satisfaction was above average. Among them, the dimension of basic emotional express and the dimension of interpersonal relationship got the highest scores. 2.The teachers’ emotional labor varied significantly from different age , seniority, academic achievements, marital relationship and positions. 3. The teachers’ job satisfaction varied significantly from different gender,age, seniority, academic achievements, marital relationship, positions and the scale of the school. 4.A positive correlation was observed between elementary school teachers’ emotional labor and job satisfaction . 5. Job satisfaction was also predicted by teachers’ emotional labor of elementary schools.