A Study on the Relations among Junior and Senior High School ClimateS, Tutors' Job Stress and Their Coping Strategies

Autor: Li-Chi Chang, 張麗琪
Rok vydání: 2000
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 88
The purposes of this study were to explore the influence of tutors’ demographic variables on consciousness of leadership behaviors of principals, school climates, and the coping strategies related to their job stress; to analyze the influence of and interaction of leadership behaviors of principals and school climates on tutors’ job stress; to explore the influence of and interaction of leadership behaviors of principals, school climates and tutors’ job stress on their coping strategies and to analyze the main predictive factors of tutors’ job stress and coping strategies. The subjects were 617 tutors drawing from senior and junior high schools in Taiwan. The instruments included Leadership Behaviors of Principals Scale, School Climates Scale, Job Stress Scale, Coping Strategies Scale. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistic methods, including Frequencies, t-test, ANOVA, Step-wise Multiple Regression. The major finding were as follows: 1.There were significant differences existed among the variables of tutors’ teaching level on school climates. 2.Significant differences existed among the variables of tutors’ gender on school climates and coping strategies. 3.There were significant differences existed among the variables of tutors’ marital status on job stress and coping strategies. 4.There were significant differences existed among the variables of tutors’ seniority on job stress, coping strategies and feeling toward leadership behaviors of principals. 5.There were significant differences existed among the variables of tutors’ academics degree on job stress and coping strategies. 6.No significant interaction was found among groups of variables of leadership behaviors of principals and school climates on tutors’ job stress. 7.No significant interaction existed among groups of variables of leadership behaviors of principals, school climates and tutors’ job stress on coping strategies. 8.The variables of school climates, seniority, personal orientation, teaching stages and academics degree could significantly predict the job stress. 9.The variables of school climates, academics degree and personal orientation could significantly predict the problem-solving strategies. 10.The variables of school climates, seniority, academics degree, job stress and personal orientation could significantly predict the inner-adaptive strategies. 11.The variables of school climates, gender, personal orientation and academics degree could significantly predict the support- searching strategy. 12.The best predictor for the variables of escape strategy were marital status, job stress, school climate and gender. According to research conclusions, this study provided some suggestions for educational administration, principals, tutors and future study.
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