Relationship between Chief Teachers’ Leadership and General Teachers’ Morale in Nursing Schools

Abstract

　The aim of this study was to develop chief teachers’ leadership scale to clarify the relationship between chief teachers’ leadership and general teachers’ morale in nursing schools. The surveys were conducted in thirty nursing schools in Kanto and Tokai areas, from February to March in 2003. The results were as follows：

１．Thirty four（100%）chief teachers and 241（98.8%）general teachers responded this questionnaire. The mean age was 52.3 ± 4.9 years for chief teachers and 40.7 ± 6.1 years for general teachers.

２．“Chief Teachers’ Leadership Scale”（CTLS） were undertaken by factor analysis.

　　Two subscales were involved in “Chief Teachers’ Operational Scale” （CTOS） with 7 items and “Chief Teachers’ Interpersonal-relationship Scale” （CTIS） with 3 items. Their reliability and validity were high.

３．Chief teachers’ leadership was divided into 4 types by using PM method. Regarding type of chief teachers’ leadership, general teachers whose chief teachers were type 1 and 2 had higher morale scores than others whose chief teachers were type 3 and 4.

４．Chief teachers who graduated from college had higher scores of CTLS and morale than others who graduated from high schools.

５．CTLS were significantly correlated to general teacher’s morale and also significantly influenced it compared with the other variables using multiple-regression analysis.

　The results suggested that the chief teachers’ leadership in nursing schools could influence general teacher’s morale using PM method.