Respectful Leadership of School Principals and Innovative Culture of Schools: A Status Survey on Elementary and Junior High Schools in Indigenous Regions in Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli County

• Main Author: 謝芯
• Other Authors: Chuan-Chung Hsieh, Ph. D.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wk2ynn

碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 教育與學習科技學系教育行政碩士在職專班 === 103 === This research explores the relationship between respectful leadership and innovative culture of schools. We studied the cases from indigenous regions in Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli county, and analyzed the correlation and predictabilty between the factors being studied. We also adopted structural equation modeling to better explain the observations. We first reviewed the literature and then proceeded to questionnaire survey. The subjects are elementary and junior high school faculties in the indigenous regions in Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli county. We sent out 550 questionnaires and obtained 398 valid samples (86% response rate.) With those samples, we looked at their descriptive statistics, correlations, and analyzed the observations with structural equation modeling. Based on the results, we arrived at the following conclusions about the elementary and junior high school faculties in the indigenous regions in Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli county: 1. The analysis indicates that they have developed a high level of awareness regarding the respectful leadership of school principal. 2. It also revealed that they have also developed a high awareness of innovative culture of schools. 3. There is a high correlation between principal's respectful leadership and the innovative culture of the school. 4. It indicates that practicing respectful leadership has the potential to lead to the creation of innovative culture of schools. Based on our conclusions, we also provide some suggestions for future practice in the leadership and administration of schools. We hope this thesis could serve as a preliminary study for future research in this direction.