2004 Volume 5.6 Pages 1-12
The purpose of the present study was to develop an instrument to measure the collaborative relationship of teachers' interpersonal efficacy, and to investigate the relation teachers' collaborative efficacy and perceptions of teachers' group climate, social support, burnout. The sample consisted of secondary school 370 teachers. Main findings were as follows. (1) Factor analysis of scales of teachers' collaborative efficacy resulted in 6 factors (self-awareness of social support, motivation for school improvement, active prosocial behavior, dairy communication, overcoming ones' position, collaboration with principals). (2) Evaluation of teachers' collaborative efficacy was influenced by perception of teachers' group climate, social support in -school and burnout. The high magnitude of correlations obtained was interpreted as supporting the importance of teachers' collaborative efficacy in the schools.
