The research aimed at finding out the relationship between kindergarten principal's transformational leadership and the teacher's organizational commitment. To achieve this goal the research questions were posted as below:
1. What is the relationship...
The research aimed at finding out the relationship between kindergarten principal's transformational leadership and the teacher's organizational commitment. To achieve this goal the research questions were posted as below:
1. What is the relationship between kindergarten principal's transformational leadership and the teacher's organizational commitment?
2. What is the relationship between sub-variables of kindergarten principal's transformational leadership and sub-variables of the teacher's organizational commitment?
3. Is there a difference between kindergarten principal's transformational leadership and the teacher's individual variables(age of kindergarten principal, teacher's career, school type & size, type of teachers' license)?
4. Is there a difference between the teacher's organizational commitment and the teacher's individual variables(age of kindergarten principal, teacher's career, school type & size, type of teachers' license)?
The posted research questions were investigated by conducting survey research for 465 teachers among kindergartens, which were randomly sampled in Dae-gu & Kyong-Buk province. Two kinds of questionnaires were used to measure the kindergarten principal's transformational leadership(Kim, 1999) and the teacher's organizational commitment(Yoo, 1981). The answered questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS program. Pearson's correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, t-test & one-way ANOVA was used for the data analysis.
The conclusion of this study is as follows.
First, the teacher's who highly perceived the kindergarten principal's transformational leadership, have stronger organizational commitment.
Second, the teacher's who highly perceived the kindergarten principal's
Intellectual stimulus, respect for persons, & change guidance, have stronger loyalty behavior. the teacher's who highly perceived the kindergarten principal's Intellectual stimulus, & change guidance, have stronger spontaneity. the teacher's who highly perceived the kindergarten principal's
change guidance, have stronger loyalty behavior.
Third, There is a difference between kindergarten principal's transformational leadership and the teacher's individual variables(age of kindergarten principal, teacher's career, school type & size, type of teachers' license).
Forth, There is not a difference between the teacher's organizational commitment and the teacher's individual variables(age of kindergarten principal, teacher's career, school type & size, type of teachers' license).