A Study on the Relationship among the Teachers’ Personality Traits, Interpersonal Communication Competence ,and Communication Effectiveness in Junior High Schools In Kaohsiung City

• Main Author: 廖玉倩
• Other Authors: 鍾蔚起
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33616712438574306712

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 教育學系 === 101 === ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among the Kaohsiung junior high school teachers’Personality Traits, Interpersonal Communication Competence and Communication Effectiveness and to understand the predictability of Communication Effectiveness by Personality Traits and Interpersonal Communication Competence. The research method this study adopted was survey research. Questionnaires were mailed to 900 junior high school teachers of Kaohsiung city in Taiwan. There were 746 valid responses, and the success rate was 83%. The collected data were analyzed by using the statistical methods of reliability analysis, factor analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson Product-moment correlation and multiple regression (step-wise-regression procedure). The conclusions of this study were as follows: Junior high school teachers’ Personality Traits did not differ significantly in education background, but differed significantly in age, gender, years of teaching experience, scales of school size, and schools area. Junior high school teachers’ Interpersonal Communication Competence did not differ significantly in gender, education background, years of teaching experience and scales of school size, but differed significantly in age and chools area. Junior high school teachers’ Communication Effectiveness did not differ significantly in age, education background and years of teaching experience, but differed significantly in gender, scales of school size and schools area. There were significant correlations found between junior high school teachers’ Personality Traits and Interpersonal Communication Competence, Personality Traits and Communication Effectiveness, Interpersonal Communication Competence and Communication Effectiveness. The performance of junior high school teachers’ Personality Traits, and Interpersonal Communication Competence predicted the performance of Communication Effectiveness, especially the “Ability to express” aspect. Based on the conclusion above, this study provided suggestions respectively on the institute of educational administration, junior high school and future studies.