A study of role stress and job satisfaction of administrative teachers of public elementary schools in taipei songshan district

• Main Authors: Liao pei-chih, 廖珮芝
• Other Authors: 孫本初
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08025944715039471220

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 行政管理碩士學程 === 99 === This study aimed to explore the current status of the satisfaction of public elementary school teachers in Taipei concurrently holding an administration job with their jobs and the relationships. Also the differences in perception of satisfaction among teachers of different backgrounds were discussed. According to the results of this study, some suggestions were proposed to reduce their stress and increase their satisfaction with their jobs. The methods adopted by this study included document analysis and questionnaire survey. The research subjects were the public elementary school teachers in Songshan District, Taipei City concurrently holding an administration job. And the research tool was the “Role Stress and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire for Public Elementary School Teachers in Taipei” developed by the researcher. 100 questionnaires were sent to teachers concurrently holding an administration job and 89 were retrieved, among which, 81 were valid. The response rate was 81%. In addition, 120 questionnaires were randomly sent to general teachers and 118 were retrieved, among which 113 were valid. The response rate was 94.17%. They were used for comparison. For data analyses, the statistical methods adopted included descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, least significant difference test, etc. The conclusions of this study are: 1. The overall role stress perceived by the public elementary school teachers in Songshan District, Taipei City concurrently holding an administration job was moderate. The highest stress they perceived was the stress from “overload from their roles” while the lowest was the stress from “roles being vague”. 2. The overall role stresss perceived by the teachers of different “gender”, “seniority”, and “school scale” were significantly different. 3. The satisfaction of the public elementary school teachers in Songshan District, Taipei with their jobs was above moderate. The highest satisfaction was that with “interpersonal relations” while the lowest was that with “salary”. 4. In the aspect of background variables, the overall job satisfactions were significantly different only among the teachers of different “school scale”. 5. Role stress and job satisfaction were negatively related. 6. The stress perceived by the public elementary school teachers in Songshan District, Taipei was different from that perceived by general teachers. However, their job satisfactions were not significantly different.