The relationship between job involvement and school administrative effectiveness as perceived by administration teachers

• Published in: Management in education Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 112 - 118
• Main Authors: Ruilin Lin, Jingchen Xie, Jeng, Yoau-Chau, Wang, Zheng-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2011
• Subjects: Administration; Administrator Effectiveness; Correlation; Educational Background; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Internal Consistency; Job Enrichment; Job Satisfaction; Junior High Schools; Likert Scales; Marital Status; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires; School Administration; School Size; Secondary School Teachers; Taiwan; Teachers; Taiwan; administration teacher; school administrative effectiveness; junior high school; self-involvement; teachers’ job involvement
• ISSN: 0892-0206; 1741-9883
• DOI: 10.1177/0892020610392434

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between ‘job involvement’ and ‘school administrative effectiveness’ as perceived by junior high school administration teachers. The findings are as follows. (1) The current status of ‘job involvement’ and ‘school administrative effectiveness’ as perceived by administration teachers is positive. (2) The perception of ‘job involvement’ and ‘school administrative effectiveness’ significantly differs with ‘age’, ‘marital status’, ‘educational background’, ‘seniority of concurrent post’, ‘concurrent post’ and ‘school size’. (3) ‘Job involvement’ and ‘school administrative effectiveness’ as perceived by administration teachers are significantly and positively related.