Traits or Training ?The Effects of Personality Traits and Management Training on Managerial Competency and Managerial Effectiveness of the Medical Directors in the Great Kaohsiung Area

• Main Authors: Fu-chen Kuo, 郭富珍
• Other Authors: Wei-min Haung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37386982639256328445

碩士 === 義守大學 === 管理研究所碩士班 === 94 === In light of the lack of study in the related field regarding the medical directors in Taiwan, this research tended to explore the effects of personality traits and management training on managerial competency and managerial effectiveness of the medical directors. Internal-external locus of control was measured by using a modified scale originating with Spector (1987) and Chinese translated by Chen-may Cheng (2001). Management training was assessed by employing the self-administered scale amended by the in-depth interview and the expert validity. Managerial competency was ranked by applying Tett et al.’s (2000) hyperdimensional taxonomy of managerial competence. Management effectiveness was scaled by utilizing a self-administered items based on the Kelman (1958) and Yukl’s (1998) theoretical conceptions of the subordinates’ acceptance attitudes toward managers. The research data were transformed from 604 valid respondents covering 16 hospitals in the Great Kaohsiung Area. Among these respondents, 69 were from the medical directors and 535 were from their immediate subordinates. The data were statistically analyzed via factor analysis, reliability test, Pearson correlation, as well as hierarchical regression analysis. The results, in general, indicated the following a. There was a significant and positive relationship between internal locus of control and managerial competency of the medical directors. b. There was a significant and positive relationship between internal locus of control and management training of the medical directors. c. There was a partially significant relationship between managerial competency and managerial effectiveness of the medical directors. Although managerial competency was found to have no significant effects on either resistance or compliance of the subordinates’ attitudes , managerial competency was, however, significantly and positively related with commitment of the subordinates’ attitudes. Such findings might imply that managerial competency strengthened the more active subordinate’ attitude such as commitment. d. Managerial competency had partial mediating effects on the relationship between internal locus of control and managerial effectiveness. Managerial competency was found to significantly mediate the relationship between internal locus of control and commitment; however, insignificant mediating effect of managerial competency was noted on the relationship between internal locus of control and either resistance or compliance. e. Management training was found to have no significant effects on any relationship with other variables. Management training had no mediating effect on the relationship between managerial competency and managerial effectiveness. In addition, management training had no moderating effect either on the relationship between internal locus of control and managerial competency or on the relationship between managerial competency and managerial effectiveness. Based on the above research results, the limitations and the recommendations of this study were presented accordingly.