This study is to clarify the effects that servant leadership of elementary school principals might have on the structural efficiency of schools and teachers' devotion to their professions. For achieving this goal, we set up the subjects by asking the ...
This study is to clarify the effects that servant leadership of elementary school principals might have on the structural efficiency of schools and teachers' devotion to their professions. For achieving this goal, we set up the subjects by asking the following questions:
First, are there differences in principals' servant leadership based upon teacher factors (sexuality, their positions, educational backgrounds, careers) and by school factors (principal appointment, school sizes)?
Second, are there differences in teachers' devotion to their profession based upon teacher factors (sexuality, their positions, educational backgrounds, careers) and by school factors (principal appointment, sizes of schools)?
Third, are there differences in structural efficiency of schools by teacher factors (sexuality, their positions, educational backgrounds, careers) and by school factors (principal appointment, sizes of schools)?
Fourth, is it appropriate for the structural equation model among principals' servant leadership to show teachers' devotion to their jobs and structural efficiency of schools?
Fifth, what are the effects of principals' servant leadership according to teachers's devotion to professions?
To approach these subjects, we analyzed them using SPSS WIN VER 18.0 program and AMOS 18.0 program, as shown below.
The followings are the summarized results for each study subject.
First, researching teachers' appreciation for the principals's servant leadership, we found that teachers valued growth supporting and sharing leadership rather than stewardships and formating communities. Because of their positions, head teachers grew to become extraordinary teachers, and because of their careers, teachers with more than 20 years experience grew to become better for servant leadership of principals. As for school factors, teachers perceived that principals in public subscription schools were showing servant leadership more than principals in ordinary schools. Analyzing for school sizes, teachers in schools with more than 41 classes thought more meaningfully with servant leadership than those with less than 30 classes. Those in schools with less than 40 classes did though with less meaning.
Secondly, comparing and analyzing the average differences in elementary teachers' devotions to their professions, they chose it 'educational love' first then 'passion' second. In analyzing for careers, medium experience teachers with 10 ~ 20 years careers grew to become the best, and by school sizes, teachers in small-scale schools with less than 30 classes did the best.
Thirdly, the results of analyzing for school structural efficiency, according to each composing factor, they chose immersion into the organization the greatest degree. The next they responded to external duty satisfaction then structural productivity, and finally internal duty satisfaction. By distinction of sex, female teachers responded higher than male teachers. Analyzing by their careers, high experienced teachers with more than 20 years responded in the highest degree, while the teachers in public subscription schools valued the principal appointment system. They believed it enhanced the school's structural efficiency more than those in ordinary schools. Analysis by school sizes indicated that the sequence was teachers in less than 30 classes first, more than 41 classes second, and last less than 40 classes.
Fourthly, we tried to verify the compatability of the final structure equation that shows the influences of principals' servant leadership and teachers' devotion to their professions effect on the school structural efficiency, and to find satisfactory solution models. We accomplished this by modifying the model. Establishing four types of covariance in the initial model, we adopted the very model in which the values of =344.910(df=13, p=.000) and RMR, RMSEA showed comparatively adequate and everything (GFI, NFI, RFI, TLI, CFI) was close to 1, the index values of optimal model.
Fifthly, we have obtained the results of the analysis, that is, the direct effects of principals servant leaderships on teachers' devotion to their jobs was (.220(p<.001), the direct effect on school structural efficiency was .376(p<.001), and the direct effect of teachers' on the school structural efficiency was .922(p<.001).
In addition, it appeared that the indirect effect of principals' servant leaderships on the structural efficiency of schools with the reconciliation of teachers' devotion to their jobs was negative -.203. That is meaningful influences as analyzed. We also acknowledged in this analysis that the total effect was meaningful, as the value of .174(p<.001).