The Correlation of Teachers'' Interpersonal Relationships, Job Stress and Teacher Efficacy in Junior High School: Take Taoyuan County as Examples

• Main Authors: Chian-Rong Huang, 黃千榕
• Other Authors: Yung-Cheng Lai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63rq74

碩士 === 健行科技大學 === 國際企業經營系碩士在職專班 === 104 === The aim of this study is to analyze the relationships among interpersonal relationships, job stress and teacher efficacy and to investigate if amelioration of teacher interpersonal relationships enhance teacher efficacy by decreasing job’s stress. Under the quantitative design, the data was collected in public junior high school teachers in Taoyuan City through three instruments, the International Relationships Scale, the Teacher Job’s Stress Scale, and the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale, and 266 are valid samples. Data were analyzed by the AMOS statistics software and one way ANOVA for background variables. According to the analysis of data, the results of this study were as follows: 1. There is positive correlation between interpersonal relationships and teacher efficacy, which means teachers with better interpersonal relationships showed higher teacher efficacy. 2. A statistically negative correlation was found between job stress and teacher efficacy, which means teachers with higher job stress may lower teaching efficacy. 3. In terms of the correlation between interpersonal relationships and job stress, negative correlation was found, which means teachers with worse interpersonal relationships many increase job stress. 4. Job stress has mediation effect on the research. The better the teachers’ interpersonal relationships is, the better the teaching efficacy is, and vice versa. 5. Teachers of different genders have no obvious differences in interpersonal relationships, job stress and teaching efficacy. 6. Teachers of different job titles show significant differences in teachers’ job stress, and “Section Chief” has highest job stresses among the sections. The result of this study provides practical advice to educational institutions, school administration organization, junior high school teachers and future research. Keywords: interpersonal relationships, job stress, teacher efficacy, SEM, Mediation