A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIRECTORS SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND TEACHERS ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF KINDERGARTENS IN TAIWAN
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Service leadership is one of the most important leadership concepts. In particular, the kindergarten directors need to have the characteristics of service leadership such as listening, respecting and caring. Moreover, in face of the trend of declining birthrate, kindergarten teacher’s organizational commitment is related to the kindergarten’s development. In view of this, this study is to explore the relationship between director’s servant leadership and teacher’s organizational commitment in Kaohsiung kindergartens, Taiwan. The study adopts questionnaire survey. The subjects are kindergarten teachers in Kaohsiung. It is based on purposive sampling. Frist, 1/3 to 1/4 of all districts in Kaohsiung are selected. Secondly, 1/5 kindergartens are selected from the above selected districts. There are 830 subjects, and a total of 612 usable copies are returned, with a 74% valid response rate. Data is analyzed by means, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson’s product –moment correlation. The main findings of this study are as follows: 1. The current situation of kindergarten teacher’s perception of director’s servant leadership and teacher’s organizational commitment is in high level; 2. Teachers experienced with under 10 years, served as educare givers, in private kindergartens and town kindergartens showed a higher perception for director’s servant leadership; 3. Teachers who are above 51 years old, served as administrators, in private kindergartens and town kindergartens showed a higher perception for teacher’s organizational commitment; 4. There is positive and significant correlation between director’s servant leadership and teacher’s organizational commitment. According to the research findings, the researcher proposes several suggestions for educational administration agencies, kindergartens directors, and further study respectively.
Authors and Affiliations
Hui-Ju Wu, Shu-Feng Tseng, Pi-Hsia Wang, Pai-Lu Wu
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