A Study on the Relationship Between Government Accountants’ Job Rotation and Job Stress at Junior High School and Elementary School in Taipei City

• Main Authors: Kao, Chen-Fang, 高真芳
• Other Authors: 宋秋儀
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t6r6x7

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 教育行政與評鑑研究所碩士在職專班 === 107 === The study aims to explore the government accountants’ recognitions and perceptions toward job rotation system, the impact on their mental health and job performances, as well as the relationship between the job stress and the system. The researcher conducted an in-depth interview with 8 government accountants working at the elementary schools and junior high schools respectively, where one should have the experience of job rotation, in order to share their experience and feelings. After a thorough analysis, several findings have been identified. First of all, based on a few of the interviewees’ perspectives, the positive impacts of job rotation are human resource activation, disadvantage controlling, cultivation of talent and service quality enhancement. In contrast, the negative impacts are high workload and low commitment in terms of transferring to a new school. All of the interviewees considered the four years of tenure are too short to lead to all the mentioned negative impacts. Secondly, the intensive notification of job rotation and the process of transferring the employee to the ideal sector usually make the accountants feel anxious, insecure and the pressure of turnover to a different workplace. Even though the skills that they would probably have to apply at the new workplace would probably be similar, however, will still need a period of time to learn and to adapt to the new environment and job scope. All the interviewees agree to the design of the job rotation system, yet further discussion can be done to lower the negative impact mentioned above towards individuals. Thirdly, the analysis have shown that personal career plan, unchangeable rules and structure of organizations, specific organizational culture of school system, stress of reconstructing interpersonal relationship and adaption in new working environment together with job involvement and the demand of taking care of their own family are all related to the job rotation system. These several factors mainly result in accountants’ job stress as well. To sum up, the study proposed several concrete suggestions to improve the job rotation system and in hope that the government can take into account as they make any amendments to the job rotation system in the future.