Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the causality process of school organizational behaviors. Based on previous studies, a causality model was constructed: leadership social climate and teacher morale, teaching style child characteristics. A set of measures was developed to evaluate leadership, social climate, teacher morale, teaching style, child characteristics, and parents' attitude toward school. A mail questionnaire survey was conducted to examine a causal model of organizational behaviors as perceived by elementary school teachers. 367 teachers provided valid data for the present study.
Results were as follows:
1. Factor analysis resulted in the same structures as extracted previous studies for each scale.
2. Leadership of administrators was significantly related to social climate, and teacher morale. School climate and teacher morale were also significantly related to teaching style and child characteristics.
3. Path analysis indicated that there was a casual relationship between leadership and other school organizational behaviors.
These findings were discussed with regard to school organizational effects.
