Browsing by Author "Cui, Fanjing"
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    The relationship between teachers' perceptions towards school climate and their decision-making styles in Baoshan Foreign Language School Affiliated with Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
    (Bangkok : Assumption University Press, 2022) Cui, Fanjing ; Ye, Yan
    The study's main purposewas to explore the relationship between teachers' perceptions of school climate and their decision-making styles in Baoshan Foreign Language School,Affiliated withShanghai University in Shanghai, China. Thestudy firstassessed the teachers' perception of school climate, examined the teachers' decision-making styles, andtested the relationship between these two main variables. A total of 70 full-time teachers answered questionnaires by the researchers. Mean and standard deviationwere used to identify teachers' perception of school climate and decision-making style. The Pearson product correlation coefficient was used to analyze the relationship between teachers' perception of school climate and decision-making style.The results showed that the teachers in the target school had a relatively positive attitude towards the school climate. Besides, teachers'most preferred decision-making style was the group decision-making style.However, the level of perception of school climate andAutocratic decision-making styles was not significant. In addition, teachers' favorite decision-making style is the group decision-making style, followed by the consultative and autocratic styles. Pearson's correlation test showed a strong positive relationship between teachers'perceptions of school climate and group decision-making styles. The researcher discussed the findings and suggested that the stakeholders of this school should be aware of the importance of school climate and decision-making styles. Teachers should be provided a stronger professional development platform as well as various forms of communication opportunities.