THE RELATIONSHIP OF INSTRUCTORS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS SCHOOL DEAN’S LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AND THEIR JOB SATISFACTION AT HUMAN SCIENCES FACULTY IN XIANGSIHU COLLEGE GUANGXI FOR NATIONALITIES, CHINA
Keywords:
Instructors’ perception; School Dean’s Leadership Behaviors; Instructors’ Job SatisfactionAbstract
This study was intended to determine the relationship between Instructors’
Perception towards School Dean's Leadership Behaviors and Their Job Satisfaction at
Human Sciences Faculty in Xiangsihu College Guangxi for Nationalities, China. The
three objectives of this study are (1) to identify the level of instructors’ perception
towards school dean's leadership behaviors; (2) to identify the level of instructors’ job
satisfaction; and (3) to determine the relationship between Instructors’ Perception
towards School Dean's Leadership Behaviors and Their Job Satisfaction at Human
Sciences Faculty in Xiangsihu College Guangxi for Nationalities, China. The research
was quantitative and correlational in design and used the Path-Goal Leadership
Questionnaire and the instructors' job satisfaction using the Teachers’ Job Satisfaction
Questionnaire (TJSQ). Means and Standard Deviation, and the Pearson Product
Moment Correlation Coefficient were used to analyze the data for testing the
hypothesis. The 80 respondents at human sciences faculty from Xiangsihu College
Guangxi for Nationalities completed the questionnaire. This study found that
instructors’ perception towards school dean’s leadership behaviors resulted as
moderate(3.23), instructors’ job satisfaction level resulted as moderate(3.51) and there
is a significant relationship between instructors’ perception towards school dean’s
leadership behaviors and their job satisfaction at human sciences faculty in Xiangsihu
College Guangxi for Nationalities, China. The result of Pearson correlation coefficient
for the r-value was .683 with a significance value of .001. The result showed that
instructors had a positive relationship between the school dean’s leadership behaviors
and job satisfaction. The study provided the researcher with valuable insight and
knowledge into the role of the dean’s leadership behaviors and instructors’ job
satisfaction practiced in the school.
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