The purpose of the study was to investiage the relationship among the organizational innovation¡Morganizational inertia and organizational effectiveness in elementary schools of Pingtung County¡MTaiwan. Survey research was adopted in this study.
A quertionnaire concerning the issues of the three organizational variables was designed to assess teachers¡Mknowledges and attitudes concerning these issues . 509 elementary school teachers of Pingtung County¡MTaiwan were randomly selected as the sample of this study and responded to the questionnaire.The response rate was 84.5¢H.
Teachers¡Aresponses were analyzed by both descriptive and inferential.
Major findings of the study are as follows¡G
1¡BThe organizational innovation as seen by elementary teachers was above average in a 5-point measuring scale¡Mespecially in the area of¡§school activity innovation¡¨.
2¡BThe organizational inertia expressed by elementary teachers was below average ¡Qtheir sense of¡§procedure inertia¡¨was most susceptible.
3¡BThe degree of organizational effectiveness as perceived by elementary teachers was above average¡Mwith the perception of most favorable¡§school Climate¡¨.
4¡BSenior female elementary teachers with administrative roles in remote ¡Msmall and middle schools showed favorable attitudes toward schools¡Aorganizational innovation.
5¡BSenior elementary teachers with duties of student-advisers and teaching in big¡Murban schools perceived higher organizational inertia of schools.
6¡BSenior female teachers with education of graduation studies¡Mhaving administrative dutips¡Mand teaching in rural¡Mremote¡Msmall and middle schools¡Mpercewed higher school organizational effectiveness .
7¡BThe more positive the teachers, attitudes toward the school organizational innovation were¡Mthe lower their perception of organizational innovationwould be.
8¡BThe higher the teachers, feelings about school organizational inertia were¡Mthe lower their feelings about their school organizational effectiveness would be.
9¡BTeachers, positive attitudes toward school organizational innovation resulted in their perception of better school organizational effectiveness.
10¡BSchools, administrative innovation seemed to affect schools, organizational effectiveness.
11¡BOrganizational innovation and organizational inertia were the significant variables to predict school organizational effectiveness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0530108-161839 |
| Date | 30 May 2008 |
| Creators | Tsai, Hui-ya |
| Contributors | Jin-ding Jeng, Tsai-feng Cheng, Ching-hwa Tsai, |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0530108-161839 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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