| Summary: | 博士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 教育政策與行政學系 === 98 === The study used both expert consultation and survey methodology to evaluate the fifth leadership behaviors of high school principals in Taiwan. The quantitative analysis of data from a 1,092 questionnaire which was mail to a random sample of 52 high school principals and 1,040 high school teachers to test the differences in perceptions of principal’s level 5 leadership behaviors . The response rate of 90.39% included all principals and 935 teachers. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, independent t- test, one- way-ANOVA, and chi square test.
Research finding:There are five factors of level 5 leadership included professional will, personal humility, culture of discipline, dynamic sensemaking, and collaborative teambuilding. Overall, high school principals had a high self perception of fifth leadership behaviors. The sequences of five leadership factors perceived by principal from high to low were: personal humility, culture of discipline, professional will, dynamic sensemaking, and collaborative teambuilding. In the demographic variables, views on gender had a different perception on professional will, in which male principals showed significantly higher than female principals. The sequences of the high school teachers’ agreement involved five leadership factors which were culture of discipline, dynamic sensemaking, personal humility, professional will, and collaborative teambuilding. The highest factor of the principal’s leadership behavior perceived by high school teachers was culture of discipline. This result revealed that principals lead schools with rules. The lowest leadership behaviors perceived by school teachers were professional will and collaborative teambuilding. The high school teachers valued school principals’ enthusiasm and diligent; however school teachers perceived the weakness of principal’s leadership behaviors which included empowering professional development accountability, technological application, and effective team building. There was a gap in perception of level 5 leadership behaviors, and principal’s self perception was higher than teacher’s.
Within 52 principals, 44.2% (23) self perceived level 5 leadership behaviors. Generally, private school principals hold significantly higher percentages in perceiving fifth leadership behaviors than public school principals.
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