A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationships Among Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Organizational Politics, Impression Management Motives, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Taiwan

• In Event: 33.066 - The Role of Politics in Educational Policy Making and Implementation

Abstract

The study investigated the relationships among the perceptions of organizational politics, impression management motives, and organizational citizenship behavior. Moreover, this study analyzed the impact of the organizational political climate in schools on the relationships among the perceptions of organizational politics, impression management motives, and organizational citizenship behavior. In the pretest administered in this study, a survey was conducted of public elementary school teachers in Hsinchu County. Of the 300 questionnaires distributed, 224 were returned. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire were tested. In the formal survey, the subjects were teachers from 126 public elementary schools across Taiwan. Of the 1,458 questionnaires distributed, 1,026 valid samples were returned. Hierarchical Linear Modeling was employed to verify the research hypotheses.

Authors

• I-Hua Chang, National Chengchi University

• Cheng-Mei Hsu, China University of Technology

• Hung-Chin Yen, National Chengchi University