工作特質與學前教師工作投入的因果關聯：組織承諾的中介角色探究

The Causal Relationship between Job Characteristics and Preschool Teachers' Job Involvement: The Mediational Role of Organizational Commitment

林俊瑩(Chunn-Ying Lin) ； 侯雅婷(Ya-Ting Ho) ； 謝亞恆(Ya-Heng Hsieh) ； 徐蕙瑩(Hui-Ying Hsu)

《教育與社會研究》 20期 (2010/06) Pp. 105-143

https://doi.org/10.6429/FES.201006.0105

摘要

如何提高教師對教育工作的投入，已成為教育改革下學校經營者必須面對的一個最重要議題，特別是對於幼兒的發展影響甚鉅的學前啟蒙教育，教師們能否專心於教學工作更是不容忽視，由此更顯示相關研究的重要性。本研究主要目的即在探究影響花蓮地區學前教師工作投入的因素與機制。根據相關的文獻探討，本研究提出了一個理論模型，模型中影響學前教師工作投入的因素包括工作特質以及組織承諾，並運用花蓮地區的學前教師調查資料，藉以檢定所提出的理論模型適配性。分析結果顯示：學前教師對工作相當投入，顯示老師相當地敬業。另外結構方程模型分析發現，諸多工作特質會透過組織承諾中的價值承諾，而對於教師的工作投入行為產生顯著的間接正向影響，顯示組織承諾在工作特質與工作投入的關聯性中，扮演著重要的中介角色，且這樣的關聯性經多群組分析後，發現並不會因為國所的公私立屬性不同而有所差異。而依研究結果可知，學前教育經營者必須適當地提昇工作條件、才能提高教師的組織承諾，進而使教師對教學工作更加努力，提昇學前教育品質。最後，根據研究結果，對學前組織經營，及未來研究在研究模型方面提出相關改進建議。

關鍵字

工作特質 ； 工作投入 ； 組織承諾 ； 因果關聯 ； 結構方程模型

並列摘要

Enhancing teachers' job involvement has been an important issue that school administrators must cope with in education reforms. Especially in preschools where young children's development is nurtured and shaped, whether teachers can concentrate their efforts on teaching is critical. Thus, research of teachers' job involvement is particularly important. The aim of this paper was to investigate which and how factors affect preschool teachers' job involvement. Through review of related literature, a theoretic model was proposed. In this model, factors affecting preschool teachers' job involvement include job characteristics and organizational commitment. The fit of the proposed model was tested using data collected from preschool teachers in Hualien area. The analysis results showed a high level of job involvement among the respondents, meaning that the preschool teachers were very dedicated to their jobs. Besides, analysis with structural equation modeling revealed that many job characteristics significantly and indirectly influenced preschool teachers' job involvement through value commitment of organizational commitment. In other words, organizational commitment played a mediational role in the relationship between job characteristics and job involvement. As found in multiple group analysis, this relationship existed in both public and private preschools. It could be concluded that preschool administrators should provide adequate job conditions to enhance teachers' organizational commitment, which could further increase teachers' job involvement and teaching quality. Finally, based on the research results, some suggestions on organizational management and research modeling were proposed for preschool administrators and future researchers.

並列關鍵字

job characteristics ； job involvement ； organizational commitment ； causal relationship ； structural equation modeling SEM

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