A Study on the Relationship Between Personal Social Capital and Job Satisfaction of Public Elementary School Teachers in Taipei County

• Main Authors: Chien-Hui Lin, 林千慧
• Other Authors: 楊國賜
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50037885402035800176

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士在職專班 === 97 === The purposes of our study are to examine the current situation and the differences between personal social capital and job satisfaction. In this study, gender、age、education background and the school size are independent variables. “The acquisition of information and resourceand”and “The acquiring assistance” are included in teachers’ personal social capital. Teachers’ job satisfaction includes leadership、interpersonal relationship、job itself、payment and school environment. The targets are based on the teachers in 50 Taipei public elementary schools. The questionnaire title is “The relationship of teachers’ personal social capital and job satisfaction.” The 450 copies were sent out; luckily the retrieved probability were 84. There were 376 effective copies of the questionnaire and the usable probability was 94%. Using statistical methods of SPSS version 12.0 likes T-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson cross-product correlation in our study. The findings is as follows： 1. The teachers’ personal social capital in Taipei public elementary school is “good”. 2. The teachers’ personal social capital in Taipei public elementary school is significant difference due to the school size. Similarly age factor reached significant difference on “the retrieved of information and resources.” But there are no significant differences among the other factors like gender and education background. 3. The present situation of teachers’ job satisfaction in Taipei public elementary school is “good”. 4. The teachers’ job satisfaction among the elementary schools in Taipei County are significant different because of the school size. But there are no significant differences among the factors of “age, gender and education background.” 5. Speaking as a whole, teachers’ personal social capital has positive correlation with teachers’ job satisfaction. In other words, the more personal social capital teachers have the more job satisfaction they obtain. According to the conclusions, this study provides some suggestions for elementary school teachers and further research. Suggestions will be referenced to improve teachers’ social capital and job satisfaction.