A Study of Impact of Work Values, Significant Others’ Support, and Self-efficacy on Junior High and Elementary School Principals’ Job Choice

• Main Authors: Hsi, Jungwei, 席榮維
• Other Authors: 林邦傑
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10853451121864465791

博士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育研究所 === 95 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of work values, significant other’s support, and self-efficacy for principal’s job choice. The study included literature analysis, questionnaire survey, and interview. The purpose of literature analysis was aimed to explore the relationship of work values, significant other support, self-efficacy, and job choice. The pilot study was included 100 subjects. The sample was included 404 principals. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, correlation, ANOVA, multiple regression and LISREL model. The interview was conducted according to the analyzed results. The major findings were: 1.The principal’s scores on work value, significant other’s support, self-efficacy and job choice were moderately high. 2.Years of principalship, gender, and districts could make significant differences on principal’s work values 3.The levels of schools, in-service years, years of principalship, gender, and districts could make differences on significant other’s support. 4.In-service years, years of principalship, gender, and districts could make differences on principal’s self-efficacy. 5.The level of schools, years of principalship, gender, and districts could make differences on principal’s job choice. 6.There was highly positive correlation among principal’s work values, significant other’s support, self-efficacy, and job choice 7.The principal’s job choice could be predicted by work values, significant other’s support, self-efficacy. 8.The principal’s job choice could be affected by work values, significant other’s support, self-efficacy. 9.Principal’s self-efficacy was the strongest indicator for job choice, significant other’s support was the second one, and work values were the smallest one. According to the results, suggestions for authorities of educational administration, School leadership academy, principal, and for further study were proposed.