a Study on Organizational Culture and School Effectiveness of Senior High Schools in Taipei

• Main Authors: Lee, Tien Chi, 李天霽
• Other Authors: Tang, Chih Min
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34983033816628388650

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 學校行政碩士在職專班 === 103 === The purpose of this study was to find out the present status of organizational culture and school effectiveness in Taipei public high schools, and to explore how variables of different personal and school backgrounds can influence the teachers’ perception toward organizational culture and school effectiveness. This study also examined the predictability of organizational culture to school effectiveness. The research methods used in this study included literature review and survey method. Based on the study purpose and literature review, a questionnaire for organizational culture and school effectiveness in Taipei public high schools was compiled. After pretest and factor analysis, a formal questionnaire was formed to conduct the study. The subjects of this study were teachers of Taipei public high schools. According to the amount of classes and teachers of individual school, 672 subjects were drawn, and the valid returned questionnaires were 566. These valid questionnaires were then analyzed by statistics methods including descriptive statistics, Pearson Relations, T-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression. The main findings of this study were as follows: 1.The subjects’ perception toward their schools’ organizational culture and school effectiveness were middle to high degrees. 2.The relations between different personal backgrounds and the perception toward organizational culture and school effectiveness were concluded as follows: (1)Male subjects’ perception toward organizational culture was generally much higher than female subjects’. (2)Subjects of different ages showed no significant difference in their perception toward organizational culture. (3)Subjects of different educational backgrounds showed no significant difference in their perception toward organizational culture. (4)Senior subjects’ perception toward organizational culture was slightly higher than junior subjects’. (5)Subjects with administrative positions significantly showed higher perception toward organizational culture than those without administrative positions. (6)Male subjects’ perception toward school effectiveness was generally a little higher than female subjects’. (7)Subjects of different ages showed a little significant difference in their perception toward school effectiveness. (8)Subjects of different educational backgrounds showed no significant difference in their perception toward school effectiveness. (9)Senior subjects’ perception toward school effectiveness was slightly higher than junior subjects’. (10)Subjects with administrative positions significantly showed higher perception toward school effectiveness than those without administrative positions. 3.The relations between different school backgrounds and the perception toward organizational culture and school effectiveness were concluded as follows: (1)Subjects from different scale schools showed no significant difference in their perception toward each aspect of organizational culture. (2)Subjects from schools with different history showed no significant difference in their perception toward each aspect of organizational culture. (3)Subjects from schools with 41 to 60 classes significantly showed higher perception toward the administration leadership aspect of school effectiveness than those from schools with 25 to 40 classes. Subjects from schools with more than 60 classes significantly showed higher perception toward the student learning performance aspect of school effectiveness than those from schools with 41 to 60 classes. (4)Subjects from schools with different history showed no significant difference in their perception toward each aspect of school effectiveness. 4. A close relation was found between school organizational culture and school effectiveness. Aside from the relationship orientation aspect of school organizational culture, the school organizational culture itself along with its individual aspect and the school effectiveness itself along with its individual aspect were significantly correlated. According to the above findings, suggestions for educational administrative authorities, Taipei high schools, and subsequent researchers were listed below: 1.Suggestions for educational administrative authorities: (1)Make good use of teachers’ concern about school affairs, give school more space for self management, and help establish quality school organizational culture. (2)Make good use of teachers’ perception toward school effectiveness, encourage schools and teachers to pursue their performance and efficiency, and promote school effectiveness. 2.Suggestions for Taipei high schools: (1)Recognize and improve the fact that teachers with different sex showed significant difference in their perception toward school organizational culture and school effectiveness. (2)Provide teachers of different ages with relative multiple information sources on school organizational culture and school effectiveness. (3)Make full use of the quality human resources in school, and offer opportunities for teachers to take part in the school affairs to promote school effectiveness. (4)Make more chances for senior and junior teachers to interact and communicate. (5)Strengthen the positive influence of legal orientation, emotional support orientation, and innovation and change orientation. (6)Establish an interactive relationship with communities, and utilize community resources effectively. (7)Establish the best organizational culture mode to increase school effectiveness. 3.Suggestions for future research: (1)Expand research subjects to private high school and vocational high school teachers. (2)Adopt other appropriate variables into the study. (3)Add qualitative approach to supplement the study. (4)Reconsider if the aspect of relationship orientation should be listed as one of the variables of organizational culture.