The Relationship of Junior High School Principals’ Empowering Leadership Behavior, Organizational Innovation Management, and School Effectiveness

• Main Authors: Che-Bin Huang, 黃哲彬
• Other Authors: 秦夢群
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2ga68k

博士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育研究所 === 99 === The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between empowering leadership behavior, organizational innovation management, and school effectiveness. Data were collected from 820 teachers of 71 junior high schools in Taiwan. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, pearson correlation analysis, stepwise regression, and structural equation modeling. Finally, the findings of this study are as followings: 1. The perceptions from the junior high school teachers about empowering leadership behavior are positive. Furthermore, “participation and autonomous decision-making” is the highest. 2. The perceptions from the junior high school teachers about organization innovative management are positive. Besides “organizational climate of innovation” is the highest. 3. The perceptions from the junior high school teachers about school effectiveness are positive. “campus planning and facilities” is the highest in addition. 4. To describe the differences of the background of junior high school principals’ empowering leadership behavior, organizational innovation management, and school effectiveness. 5. There are significant correlations between school effectiveness and principals’ empowering leadership behavior as well as between organizational innovation management and school effectiveness. 6. The sub-level of the principals’ empowering leadership and organizational innovation management can apparently predict the school effectiveness. 7. The results from structural equation model indicated that there is a positive indirect effect between principals’ empowering leadership behavior and school effectiveness when organizational innovation management served as a mediating variable. At last, according to the results, this study provides the conclusion and the suggestions particularly for the institution of educational administration and junior high schools.