Summary: | 碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 輔導與諮商學系所 === 103 === The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between Professional teachers’ professional commitment and job satisfaction in Taiwan. This study was to investigate the results between Professional teachers’ professional commitment and job satisfaction with different background variables, like gender of teachers, ages, service years, professional backgrounds, property of schools, school scales and school locations. Furthermore, this study was to investigate how job satisfaction predict teachers’ professional commitment. In the study, a questionnaire survey method is used, and 252 school counselors in public junior high schools from various counties in Taiwan are surveyed and the instruments were “Scale of the Professional School Counselors’ Professional Commitment” and “Scale of the Professional School Counselors’ Job Satisfaction”. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, independent samples t test, one-way ANOVA, and simple linear regression. The findings of this study are as follows:
1. Professional school counselors on average showed a middle-high level of professional commitment, and
“professional identity” tops the others in the average scores in the dimension.
2. Professional school counselors on average showed a middle level of job satisfaction, and “professional growth” tops
the others in the average scores in the dimension.
3. Professional school counselors with different ages showed significant difference in levels of professional
commitment, and the elders score higher than the youngers; Junior high school counselors with different service
years showed no apparently significant difference in levels of professional commitment, yet showed no significant
difference among variables such as gender, professional backgrounds, property of schools, school size and school
locations.
4. Professional school counselors with different ages showed significant difference in levels of job satisfaction, and the elders score higher than the youngers; the related departments graduates score higher than the ir-related ones, yet showed no significant difference among variables such as gender, ages, service years, property of schools, school size and school locations.
5. Professional school counselors’ job satisfaction could significantly predict professional commitment.
6. In the end, implications according to the study and suggestions for professional school counselors and future studies were also presented.
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