英文摘要 |
This study aims to discuss the relationship of elementary and junior high schoolteachers’ perception on principals’ communication behavior, teachers’ job satisfactionand their organizational commitment. The results are provided as suggestions forimprovement as well as references for educational authorities and principals withrespect to school administration. This study used questionnaire survey as researchmethod, and the subjects were public elementary and junior high school teachersin Kaohsiung. Based on the scales and categories of the schools, 768 teachers wereselected through stratified random sampling method. The data were analyzed witht-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and stepwise multipleregression analysis. The conclusions are provided as follows:1 The current status of teachers’ perception on principals’ communication behaviorand teachers’ job satisfaction are at an upper medium level; the current status ofteachers’ organizational commitment is at an excellent level.2 Principals’ communication behavior, teachers’ job satisfaction and organizationalcommitment showed significant differences based on teachers’ background,principals’ background, and school environment.3 Teachers who are male, graduated from graduate institute, married, with longerseniority, serving as teacher and director concurrently, serving in a small-scaleschool, and the principal has less than four years of service on duty, shows betterperception on principals’ communication behavior.4 Teachers who are male, married, with longer seniority, serving as teacher anddirector concurrently, and the principal has over five years of service on duty, showsbetter job satisfaction and organizational commitment. However, teachers servingin a small-scale school show better job satisfaction, but teachers serving in a largescaleschool show better organizational commitment.5 There are significant positive correlations among principals’ communicationbehavior, teachers’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment.6 Principals’ communication behavior has a predictive effect on teachers’ jobsatisfaction and organizational commitment. For job satisfaction, “Developmentpromotion” is the key variable of prediction. |