A. The Purpose of this Study
The purpose of this study is to testify the relationship between principals' moral leadership and organizational health in Korean secondary schools.
The concrete purposes of this study are as follows :
First, to clarify...
A. The Purpose of this Study
The purpose of this study is to testify the relationship between principals' moral leadership and organizational health in Korean secondary schools.
The concrete purposes of this study are as follows :
First, to clarify differences in teachers' perception of principals' moral leadership according to the background factors of schools, teachers and principals.
Second, to analyze teachers' perception of organizational health in secondary schools.
Third, to analyze the relationship between moral leadership and organizational health in secondary schools.
B. The Methods of this Study
The samples of this study were from 312 teachers of secondary schools in Chungnam Province. Moral leadership in schools was measured by the Moral Leadership Description Questionnaire(MLDQ) developed by Myung, Je-chang. and organizational health in schools was measured by Organizational Health Description Questionnaire(OHDQ) developed by Prof. Wang, Ki-Hang.
The data of this study were analyzed by the descriptive statistic(Mean, SD), one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test, multiple regression, and correlation coefficient.
C. The Results of this Study
The results of this study are as follows :
(1) The degree of teachers' perception about moral leadership in school organization is a little high in general. The degree of perception about principals' behavior characteristics is 3.56, the degree of perception about teachers' performance characteristics is 3.62 on the 5-point scale. There were significantly differences in the degree of moral leadership according to the level and size of the schools. That is, principals of small and medium sized schools(12-18classes) were perceived to have higher moral leadership than any other sized schools. Principals of schools located in small towns and countryside, high schools, further more vocational high schools were perceived to have higher moral leadership relatively. And men perceived principals' moral leadership a little higher than woman school teachers.
(2) The degree of teachers' perception about school organizational health reveals the average 3.43 on the 5-point scale. Significantly differences in the degree of school organizational health was found according to the school background and individual personality factors. That is, small and medium sized schools(12-18 classes) are evidently perceived to have higher organizational health than any other sized schools in the degree of school organizational health.
The schools located in small towns, high schools, especially vocational high schools were perceived to have higher organizational health relatively than any other kind of schools. And men perceived school organizational health a little higher than woman school teachers generally.
(3) There were various levels of positive correlation between moral leadership and organizational health. Correlation coefficient between the factors of principals' behavior characteristics and organizational health of schools was marked .20 through .72. The correlation coefficient between the factors of teachers' performance characteristics and school organizational health was marked .11 through .51.
(4) Moral leadership has a high influence on the school organizational health in general. The principals' moral leadership can have an affect on the school organizational health in the degree of 63% and it can affect organizational health in the degree of 70% regarding to the teachers' performance characteristics.
D. Conclusions of this Study
On the basis of the study findings, it can be concluded that :
(1) The degree of moral leadership in secondary schools is a little high, but it is necessary to be strengthened and developed. Morality should be embodied in school education in order to be moral and effective schools. And it is necessary to be regarded characteristics of principals' leadership and teachers' performance as well.
(2) The schools shown evidently higher moral leadership were small and medium sized schools(12-18 classes) located in small towns and countryside. And those sized schools are demonstrated higher points in some subvariables of organizational health than any other sized schools. Therefore, it should be regarded in concrete educational policies, such as establishments, operations and unifications of schools with the support of administration and finances.
(3) It seems that moral leadership and school organizational health were perceived a little lower by woman school teachers than men. We can tell that this result comes from that the woman school teachers have less opportunities relatively in school operations. Regarding to the increasing rate of women in schools, it needs some devices to guarantee for woman school teachers to participate in school operations.
(4) It demonstrated that there were high levels of positive correlations between moral leadership and school organizational health. Moral leadership have many influences on the school organizational health in the degree of 70% regarding to the teachers' performance characteristics. This result tells us that the numbers in school organization want moral leaders, and high morality of leaders can promote organizational health and high performances. Therefore, principals should embody their moral leadership for improvement of organizational health in the direction of school management.