Scholar: Vol. 13, No. 1 (2021)
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ItemA comparative study of students' perceptions towards uniform policy at an international college in Bangkok( 2021) Elbasouni, Islam ; Watana VinitwatanakhunThe purpose of this study was to use a framework of andragogy to identify the perceptions of international college students towards their school’s uniform policy, and to compare the students’ perceptions based on their age group, nationality, and level of conformity. This study focused on 178 undergraduate students studying at the international college of a Thai university in Bangkok during the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. All data was obtained through a questionnaire which was completed by the students. A quantitative comparative method was used to analyze the data. The research findings indicate that overall, students perceive the uniform policy to be partially andragogical, and that some aspects of the policy were perceived to be less andragogical than others. The findings also showed that there is a significant difference in the students’ perceptions according to nationality and conformity levels, but no significant difference according to age group. Based on the results of this study, the recommendation for administrators is to identify the variables which influence the perceptions of their students and consider them before modifying, implementing, or enforcing uniform policies at their institutions. This will help administrators ensure that students perceive the policy as one which is suitable for their learning context.
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ItemA study of the relationship between teachers’ perception towards the principal’s transformational leadership style and teachers’ job satisfaction at St. John’s Private High School, Pathein, Myanmar( 2021) Than, Maurice Thein ; Watana VinitwatanakhunThis study was intended to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards the principal’s transformational leadership style and teachers’ job satisfaction at St. John’s Private High School, Pathein, Myanmar. The research was quantitative and correlational in design and used the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). Means and Standard Deviation, and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient were used to analyze the data for testing the hypothesis. The 60 respondents from St. John’s Private High School completed the questionnaire. This study found that the level of teachers’ perception towards the principal’s transformational leadership style was high, the teachers were overall highly satisfied with their job. The result of the Pearson correlation coefficient for the r-value was .675 with a significance value of .001. The result showed that teachers had a positive relationship between the principal’s transformational leadership style and job satisfaction at St. John’s Private High School, Pathein, Myanmar. The study provided the researcher with valuable insight and knowledge into the role of the principal's transformational leadership style and teachers' job satisfaction practiced in the school.
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ItemA program-based comparative study of enjoyment of mathematics lessons and career aspirations of upper secondary students under Math-Science and Math-English programs according to their career fields in Assumption College, Bangrak, Thailand( 2021) Kumar, Shiv ; Gonzalez, Orlando Rafael GonzalezThis study was conducted on Math-Science and Math-English program students at Assumption College, Bangrak, Thailand, to examine their enjoyment of mathematics lessons, career aspirations and career fields sought, as well as their enjoyment of mathematics lessons according to their career fields. A population sample of 142 upper secondary students enrolled in the English program during the academic year 2018-2019 at the target school, participated in this study. For data collection purposes, two research instruments were used: the Questionnaire on Enjoyment of Mathematics Lessons (QEML) (adaptation of TOSRA, originally developed by Fraser, 1981) and the Career Aspiration Scale-Revised (CAS-R) (Gregor & O’Brien, 2015). Upon data collection, both the QEML (used to determine the participants’ enjoyment of mathematics lessons) and the CAS-R (used to determine the participants’ career aspiration and sought-after career fields) were found to be reliable instruments. In order to test the hypotheses of this study, the collected data were statistically analyzed, performing independent samples t-test and a 6 (career field) ´ 2 (academic program) factorial analysis of variance. It was found that there was a significant difference in the enjoyment of mathematics lessons held by the participants, according to their academic program. However, no significant difference was found in the career aspirations between Math-Science and Math-English program students. The study also revealed that the interaction between the career field and the academic program had no statistically significant effect on the enjoyment of mathematics lessons of the participating students. Based on the research findings, recommendations for teachers, school administrators, students and future researchers are provided.
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ItemA comparative-correlational study of Grade 10 students’ perceptions of Facebook usage, activities on Facebook and English learning achievement according to their academic programs at Muangnakhonsithammarat School in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand( 2021) Patcharaporn Sukhom ; Supit KarnjanapunFacebook is the popular social media which has various features to support interaction such as sharing contents. The implementation of interactive learning which encourages exchanging information to raise the level of knowledge, and the development of learning environment by the interaction is the core focus of various schools. This research designed to study on students’ perceptions of Facebook usage and activities for English learning achievement by Grade 10 students in three programs at Muang-Nakhon-Si-Thammarat School in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. The quantitative research method using the questionnaire survey was performed on a sample of 115 respondents as Grade 10 students from three study programs at Muang-Nakhon-Si-Thammarat School in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. The further tests on the relationship between Facebook usage of students and English learning achievement was also executed. The results revealed a significant difference between students’ perceptions of Facebook usage for learning English by Grade 10 students among three programs. Meanwhile, no significant relationship between Facebook usage of students and English learning achievement was found.
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ItemThe development of a strategic leadership model for teacher instructional competencies at the private higher education institutions in Mindanao, Philippines( 2021) Estudillo, Haide Mallorca ; Nathara MhunpiewThe purpose of the study was to develop a strategic leadership model for teacher instructional competencies at the private higher education institutions in Mindanao, Philippines. To achieve the six objectives of the study, the researcher employed the exploratory mixed-method research design by collecting substantial qualitative data from sources such as books, journals, online sources, and an interview. While the quantitative research design by collecting data using the survey questionnaire. There were 229 teachers and seven school leaders from private higher education institutions in Mindanao, Philippines, who participated in the study. Frequency counts, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression were used to analyze quantitative data, while a content (thematic) analysis used for qualitative data or interviews. The findings of the current strategic leadership practices of school leaders, as perceived by teachers are interpreted as high. Teachers find the Instructional Practices of the school leaders as high, while school leaders revealed most of their strategic leadership practices focused on Human Resource Management Practice. The current instructional competencies, as perceived by teachers, are interpreted as high. Among the three themes, teachers find their Personal Competence as high. While school leaders give priority to the development of teachers' Professional Competence. The seven factors affecting the strategic leadership practices of school leaders perceived by teachers as high. The top three factors include Organizational Culture, Organizational Values, and Leadership Competence. While, in the interview with school leaders, essential factors affecting strategic leadership practices include Resource Allocation, Teacher Satisfaction, and Teacher Commitment. A substantial positive relationship revealed between strategic leadership practices and teachers' instructional competencies of private higher education institutions. The researcher developed the strategic leadership model for teacher instructional competencies and validated by 12 experts. The model comprises of two major levels derived from the Multiple Regression test results as Leadership Competence with a p-value of 0.000 and Organizational Values with a p-value of 0.014 as significant factors.
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ItemA study of the relationship between transformational leadership and teacher empowerment at Daruna Ratchaburi Witaed Suksa School in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand( 2021) Mon, Naw Ei ; Ye, YanThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Transformational Leadership and Teacher Empowerment based on the perceptions of teachers at the school of Daruna Ratchaburi Witaed Suksa in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. Based on two variables, there were three objectives: (1) To identify the level of teachers' perceptions on Transformational School Leadership, (2) To examine the level of teachers' perceptions on Teacher Empowerment, (3) To determine if there were any significant relationship between two of those variables. In this study, the quantitative methodology was used along with 106 participant teachers at the school of DRWS. In research findings, it showed the overall scores of Transformational School Leadership and Six Dimensions of Teacher Empowerment got high level in the perceptions of teachers. Then, the positive significant correlation had occurred between Transformational School Leadership and Teacher Empowerment. Considering those results, both of those variables were moving in the same direction. It, thus, could be said the more Transformational School Leadership performed in the school, the greater teachers felt empowerment in their work life. Thus, it was recommended that in order to apply on the concept of beginning from school principal to teacher empowering, through which the feeling of empowerment of the teachers, would flow to student empowerment (Short & Reinhard,1992), it required to conduct the relationship of Transformational School Leadership, Teacher Empowerment, and Student Achievement in both at the private and public educational sectors, in Thailand.
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ItemFactors influencing attitudes toward astrology and making relationship decisions among Thai adults( 2021) Sasiwimon Temcharoenkit ; Johnson, Donald A.This research analysed the impact of astrology on personal relationship decision making in Thailand. There were two objectives: 1) to examine Thai people’s attitudes and behaviour toward fortune tellers, and 2) to examine the impact of fortune telling on decisions about matters of love. Data were collected using an online survey from 253 Thai people. The majority of the sample respondents (58%) were in the 29-39 age range, 50.4 percent were female, and most of the respondents were university graduates (55% with a bachelor’s degree and 32% with a master’s degree). The results indicated that Thai females in the sample have a stronger belief in fortune telling, which held a direct impact on their decision making in their love life. In contrast, Thai males have comparatively less interest in astrology. In consideration of the literature, it was hypothesised that there would be a different impact of fortune telling on single and married people’s decision making about relationship decisions, but no significant difference was found, which suggests that there is an equal impact of astrology on both single and married people. Educational level also did not predict attitude toward nor the use of fortune tellers. Nevertheless, consulting fortune tellers was very popular among this Thai sample. Everyone reported that they consult a fortune teller at least once or twice a year.
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ItemA comparative study of Grade 8 science students’ academic achievement under teacher-centered learning method and Inquiry-based learning method at the demonstration school of Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok, Thailand( 2021) Mohammadi, Negar ; Lynch, RichardThe purpose of this study was to compare students’ academic achievement under two different teaching methods which were teacher-centered learning method and inquiry-based learning method. Two groups of Grade 8 students of The Demonstration School of Ramkhamhaeng University (DSRU), Bangkok, Thailand comprised the sample for this research. The study was conducted over a period of seven weeks from February 2019 to April 2019. The science achievement scores were analyzed by means, standard deviations, a paired sample t-test and an independent samples t-test (one-tailed). The findings of the study did not show a significant difference between teacher-centered learning method and inquiry-based learning method. Recommendations have been suggested for the school, teachers, students and future researchers.
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ItemA study of the relationship between teachers’ perceptions of their leadership capacity and organizational culture at the basic education high schools in Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, Myanmar( 2021) Latt, Zaw Tun ; Ye, YanThe aim of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions of their leadership capacity and organizational culture at the Basic Education High Schools in Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, Myanmar. The participants were 113 full-time teachers from Basic Education High Schools (No.1&2) during the academic year of 2019-2020. The researcher adopted the survey-High Leadership Capacity School Survey by Lambert (2003) and the survey-Organizational Culture (OCS) by Saravanan (2013). The collected data from each survey was analyzed by Descriptive Statistics, Frequency and Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study results indicated that the level of teachers’ perceptions of their leadership capacity was Moderate, and organizational culture was Positive. Consequently, it was determined that the relationship between the two variables was found to be Significant, however it was interpreted that the relationship between the two was weak due to the correlation (r) value of .388**. The findings suggested that teachers needed to create more opportunities and time for personal reflection for they would help them grow in their profession. In addition, to build collaborative and participative culture which could increase a healthy workplace was also recommended and the school organizations should also upgrade the quality of materials provided to teachers in teaching and learning process as well as innovative technologies should also be realized in order to keep abreast with the 21st century education.
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ItemThe relationship between teachers’ perception towards administrative support and their job satisfaction in a secondary vocational school, Kunming, China( 2021) Chen, Yutong ; Ye, YanThe main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards administrative support and their job satisfaction in a secondary vocational school, Kunming, China. 83 full-time teachers from the selected school were surveyed in this research. The researcher used Mean and Standard Deviation to analysis the teachers’ perceptions toward the level of administrative support the perceived and their job satisfaction. Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation was used to test the relationship between the two variables. The result of this study showed that teachers in the target school perceived a high level of administrative support, also, teachers’ perceptions toward job satisfaction in this school regarded as moderate. Pearson correlation tested that there was a relationship between teachers’ perceptions toward administrative support and their job satisfaction. Teachers in the target school perceived. The teachers in this school feel most satisfied with the instrumental support that provides by the principal and feel more satisfied with the intrinsic aspect of their work.
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ItemA study of the relationship between teachers’ self-directed leadership and their job satisfaction in a private school in Ayutthaya( 2021) Yang, Zhongli ; Ye, YanThis study aimed to identify the relationship between teachers’ self-directed leadership and their job satisfaction in the selected private school in Ayutthaya, Thailand. This study was conducted in a selected private school in the school year of 2019-2020. This study utilized the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) developed from Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory, and the teachers’ job satisfaction questionnaire based on Herzberg’s Motivation-hygiene Theory. The questionnaires were translated into Thai language and distributed to 63 full-time teachers in the selected school with 100% return rate. Descriptive Statistics Mean and standard deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient were used to analyze the collected data. The results of this study showed that the levels of teachers’ self-directed leadership and teachers’ job satisfaction in this selected school were “High”. Moreover, this study also found there was a significant relationship between teachers’ self-directed leadership and their job satisfaction in the selected school in Ayutthaya.
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ItemThe antecedents of individual job performance and moderating effect of role stress: path models on the logistics service industry in Thailand( 2021) Tadokoro, Yuichi ; Varma, ParvathyThe research examined the effect of organizational justice, perceived organizational support on organizational commitment, and job performance and the moderating effect of role stress of employees in logistics service providers in Thailand. This research employed a path model utilizing structural equation modeling with multivariate techniques combining methods of factor analysis. The application of multi-group analysis clarified the moderating effects of role stress by grouping the low role stress group and high role stress group of respondents. Data was collected from 889 professional white-collar workers from 15 logistics service providers in Thailand. There are two groups that include the low role stress group (n=426) and high role stress group (n=433) of respondents which were segregated based on the median. This research revealed that perceived organizational support ultimately contributes to individuals’ job performance. The results indicated moderation effects of role stress, i.e. organizational justice is a significant factor that contributes to organizational commitment in high role stress group, unlike in low role stress group. Organizational commitment has significant negative effect on counterproductive work behavior in low role stress group, unlike in high role stress group. The findings can be inferred as organizational justice and support are perceived as benefits by individuals, which initiates the social exchange relationship then enhances job performance of the individuals in an organization via organizational commitment. This study has concrete managerial implications, such as by announcing and actualizing the flexible workplace can be an effective and efficient measures for the logistics service industry.
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ItemThe relationship study between teachers' perceptions toward organizational culture and their job satisfaction at a Polytechnic in Henan, China( 2021) Xiaoqing, Wang ; Ye, YanThe aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards organizational culture and their job satisfaction at the Polytechnic in Henan, China. The participants were 60 full-time teachers from Economics and Management department during academic year 2019 at a Polytechnic in Henan, China. In this study, two major research instruments were used to identify respective research objectives. The researcher adopted the survey including two parts: the part of organizational culture based on Saravanan (2013) and the part of job satisfaction based on Herzberg's (1959) Two-Factor Theory. The collected data was analyzed by Descriptive Statistics, Frequency and Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study results indicated that the level of teachers’ perceptions of organizational culture was High, and their Job Satisfaction was High. Consequently, it was determined that the relationship between the two variables was found to be Significant, it was interpreted that the relationship between the two was positive due to the correlation (r) value of .702. This study provided some information for the school leaders to understand teachers’ job satisfaction toward organizational culture in the school. It was recommended that teachers should evaluate whether their teaching behaviors are optimized, pay attention to the quality of teaching work, improve their professional ability to achieve career path.
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ItemThe relationship of self-efficacy for Chinese as a foreign language oral skills and the use of indirect language learning strategies for learning Chinese as a foreign language with oral skills achievement of Grade 6 students in Chinese as a foreign language class at Satit Prasarnmit Elementary School in Bangkok, Thailand( 2021) Zhang, Shuxiu ; Lynch, RichardThis study aimed to determine the level of self-efficacy for learning Chinese as a foreign language oral skill, the use of indirect language learning strategies for learning Chinese as a foreign language oral skills and Chinese oral skills achievement of Grade 6 students at Satit Prasarnmit Elementary School, and their relationships with each other. Two questionnaires and two sets of listening and speaking tests were used to collect data; one questionnaire was used to determine students’ self-efficacy level and the other was used to determine the use of indirect language learning strategies. Listening and speaking tests were applied to determine oral skills achievement of 96 Grade 6 students who studied Chinese as a foreign language in the academic year 2019-2020 at Satit Prasarnmit Elementary School. To address the objectives of this research, means, standard deviations, and multiple correlation coefficient analysis were applied. The findings indicated that the Grade 6 students at the target school had a very low level of self-efficacy and a low level of indirect language learning strategies (LLSs) use. It was also revealed that self-efficacy, the use of indirect LLSs and students’ oral skills achievement had significant positive relationships with each other.
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ItemA study of the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards reward system and their organization commitment in Shanxi experimental secondary school( 2021) Li, Xiaotian ; Ye, YanThe main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards the reward system and their organization commitment in Shanxi experimental secondary school. The study firstly assessed the teachers’ perceptions towards reward system, examined their organization commitment, lastly found the relationship between reward system and organization commitment. The study was conducted to survey of 100 full time teachers from academic year 2019 at Shanxi experimental secondary school. Means and Standard Deviations were used to report the level of teachers' perceptions towards reward system and their organization commitment; to analysis the relationship between these two variables, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was applied to test in this paper, the r =.701, Sig.(2-tailed) was .000. The results showed that, the teachers in the target school had a relatively positive attitude towards reward system. The Pearson Correlation test indicated that there was a significant relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards reward system and their organization commitment in Shanxi experimental secondary school, China.
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ItemAttachment style, self-compassion, emotional empathy, and depression among undergraduate students in a selected international university( 2021) Premika ViriyaphongsagulResearch studies have claimed that depression is one of the major causes for psychological disorders as it can interfere with one’s daily functioning and much research has been done into the various aspects relating to depression and its antecedents. Understanding the antecedents of depression among undergraduate university students would be beneficial to university counselors, faculty, and administrators. Correspondingly, this research examined the relationships between attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance on depression, being mediated by self-compassion and emotional empathy. The key findings indicated that attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance have direct and indirect effects on depression mediated by selfcompassion. The more participants experience attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety, the less they feel self-compassion, and the more depressed they feel. Accordingly, the results suggest that effort should be directed at encouraging and promoting self-compassion among those who are insecurely attached to reduce depression. Moreover, emotional empathy has a direct effect on participants reported levels of depression. That is, the more emotional empathy the participants have, the less depressed they feel. Thus, this suggests that individuals should work to strengthen their emotional empathy in order to reduce feelings of depression.
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ItemA study of the relationship between the grade nine students’ perception toward the School climate and their satisfaction in the Xingyi No.1 Secondary School, Guizhou, China( 2021) Chen, Taotao ; Watana VinitwatanakhunThe main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the grade nine students’ perception toward the school climate and their satisfaction in the Xingyi.No.1 Secondary School, Guizhou of China. In this study, the researcher used a quantitative research method. The study surveyed totally 200 ninth grade of students from four classes in the Xingyi No.1 Secondary School. In this research, for the perception of school climate, the concept of school climate by Haynes, Emmons & Comer (2002) was used and for the satisfaction part, Maslow’s Theory (1943) was used. Firstly, assessed the students’ perception toward the school climate and their level of satisfaction, then tested the relationship between the school climate and their satisfaction. Mean and the Standard Deviations were used to test the students’ perception toward the school climate and their satisfaction; Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Analysis was used to test the relationship between the school climate and their satisfaction. The results of this study showed that the level of students’ perception toward school climate was high, however, the students had negative perception in some dimensions of the school climate in the Xingyi No.1 Secondary School. And the level of students’ satisfaction was high. According to the Pearson-Moment Correlation Analysis, there was a week positive significant relationship between the grade nine students’ perception toward the school climate and their satisfaction in the school. And students had negative perception in some dimensions of the school climate at the selected school.
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ItemA study of the relationship between teachers’ perception towards administrative support and their decision-making styles in a public middle school, Guizhou Province, China( 2021) Yue, Anna ; Watana VinitwatanakhunThis study investigated the relationship between teachers’ perception towards administrative support and their decision-making styles in a public middle school, Guizhou Province, China. This study aimed (1) to identify the level of teachers’ perception towards administrative support; (2) to identify level of teachers’ perception of decision-making styles; (3) To determine the relationship between teachers’ perception towards administrative support and their decision-making styles in a public middle school in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China. The study had 81 respondents, all full-time teachers in the selected middle school and 100% of them responded to the survey. This research used Means and Standard Deviation to analyze the teachers’ perceptions toward the level of administrative support and their decision-making styles. Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation was used to test the relationship between the two variables. This study found that the teachers had a relatively positive attitude towards administrative support, the perception level in which teachers use decision-making styles was high, and there was a positive relationship between teachers’ perception toward administrative support and their decision-making styles.
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ItemThe relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards professional learning communities and their collective efficacy at Deqin Middle School in Yunnan Province, ChinaThe main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers' perceptions towards professional learning communities and their collective efficacy in Deqin Middle school. The study firstly evaluated teachers’ perceptions of the professional learning communities, examined their collective efficacy, and finally determined the relationship between the professional learning community and collective efficacy. This study used a questionnaire to determine the research objectives, adopted the Professional Learning Communities Assessment-Revised (PLCA-R) created by (Olivier, 2010) and the Collective Efficacy Scale (short form) by Goddard, (2002). The study surveyed 112 full-time teachers in Deqin Middle School in the 2020 academic year. The researchers used the Mean and Standard Deviation to analyze teachers' perceptions of professional learning communities and their level of collective efficacy. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient is used to test the relationship between two variables. The findings indicated that teachers' perceptions of the professional learning community and their collective efficacy were at a high level. Results of the Pearson correlation indicated that there was a significant relationship between teachers' perceptions towards professional learning community and their collective efficacy, (r (105) = .583, p = .000).
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ItemA study of the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style and organizational justice at a Junior High School, Chongqing, China( 2021) Xinlu, Pi ; Watana VinitwatanakhunThe main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style and organizational justice at a Junior High School, Chongqing, China. The research objectives were (1) to identify the level of teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style, (2) to identify the level of teachers’ perceptions towards organizational justice and, (3) to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style and organizational justice at A Junior High School, Chongqing, China. The total has 91 full-time teachers teaching in different grades from 7th grade, 8th grade and 9th grade during the academic year 2020 (March-August) got involved in this study. This study used Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire developed by Bass & Avolio (1995) and used Organizational Justice Scale adopt by Colquitt (2001) to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style organizational justice at A Junior High School, Chongqing, China. Results of the Pearson correlation indicated that there was a positive significant positive association between teachers’ perceptions towards principal’ s transformational leadership style and organizational justice at a Junior High School, Chongqing, China, r (91) = .697, p = .000.