Effects of Leader-member Exchange on Work Stress of Elementary School Teachers：Teacher Work Engagement as a Mediator

• Main Author: 林文仙
• Other Authors: 吳政達
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b68whs

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 學校行政碩士在職專班 === 102 === The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship among leader-member exchange, teacher work engagement, and work stress of elementary school teachers. Also, the research further intends to examine whether teacher work engagement causes the mediating effect between leader-member exchange and work stress of teachers. The survey study was conducted by using a sample of public elementary schools in Taipei City. 645 participants from 34 schools were selected by stratified random sampling. 604 valid sample data collected was analyzed and processed with the methods of descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, multiple-regression analysis. Based on the results, the major findings of this study are as follows: 1.Leader-member exchange is moderate in Taipei City elementary school teachers, while teacher’s Perception Level on affect tops all the other ones and teacher’s Perception Level on loyalty ranks the last. 2.Teacher’s Perception Level on work engagement is moderate in Taipei City elementary school teachers, while teacher’s Perception Level on absorption reaches the highest and teacher’s Perception Level on vigor hits the lowest. 3.Teacher’s Perception Level on work stress is average among Taipei City elementary school teachers. 4.The significance level varies when it comes to the variable of teacher’s background on the relationship among leader-member exchange, teacher work engagement, and work stress of elementary school teachers in Taipei City. 5.The results show significance in the relationship among leader-member exchange, teacher work engagement, and work stress of elementary school teachers in Taipei City. 6.Teacher work engagement plays a partial mediate effect between leader-member exchange and teacher work stress. Last, based on the results of the research, suggestions for educational administration authorities, principals, and future related studies are proposed.