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Item The Effects of Cultural Intelligence, Self Efficacy and Cross Cultural Communication on Cross Cultural Adaptation of International Students in Taiwan(2011) Nadine E. LawrenceThe purpose of this research was to explore the effects of cultural intelligence, self efficacy and cross cultural communication on cross cultural adaptation of international students in Taiwan. The participants were 384 students comprising 188 (49%) males and 196 (51%) females. A majority of 164 (42.7%) were in the age range 21-25 years. American students were more than any other nationality at 22.7%. On average international students stayed in Taiwan for 21 months. Data were collected through a questionnaire in which participants were asked to respond to 50 questions on aspects involving, cultural intelligence, self efficacy, cross cultural adaptation and cross cultural communication. The questionnaire also requested the students to provide demographic data relating to their ages, gender, length of time in Taiwan, program of study and their nationality. In answering the questions this study sought to resolve, seven hypotheses were proposed. The hypotheses were directly related to the questions in the 50 item questionnaire. The findings indicated that no statistically significant gender differences could be established with regards to cultural intelligence, self efficacy, cross cultural adaptation, and cross cultural communication. A variety of conclusions were also reached about the variables on different tests. Based on the findings it is argued that universities in Taiwan need not be concerned about gender differences in addressing the issues investigated in this study. Also, that cultural intelligence is positively related with self efficacy, cross cultural adaptation and cross cultural communication suggesting that perhaps this is an area to focus on in dealing with international students. The study also provides recommendations that are specifically targeted at host universities, prospective international students and scholarship agencies. Finally, suggestions for future research are advanced. The suggestions focus on the research being carried out among other groups of students within Taiwan. It is also suggested that repetitive studies could be conducted on the same hypotheses to validate the study as well as to be able to generalize the findings.Item 影響宏都拉斯高中教師激勵因素之研究(2008) 馬莉莎; Melissa Dilieth Mendez ValladaresMotivation is a natural state of mind that comes from the need of something. Unfortunately, not everybody is motivated; it is here when people need something or someone to help them in this aspect. Teachers in Honduras have this problem, but no one see what is really happening and why educators behave the way they do. Many studies have been made about motivation in different areas, and even in education in general, but not too many focused on teachers’ motivation; this is the reason why this research tends to explore the factors that affect educators’ motivation. A non-experimental quantitative study was conducted through questionnaire survey as data collection technique. The sample for this study includes 364 high school teachers from public schools in Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, getting a response rate of 86.6%. The research used the purposive or judgmental sampling technique of nonrandom or non-probability sampling procedure. The interpretation of the data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-Test and one-way ANOVA test. The findings showed that School Environment and Administration are the two factors that affect teachers’ motivation the most. It also confirms that high school teachers in Honduras are in a neutral point of their motivation. The ANOVA explains that gender and age and the motivational factors are not statistically significant. It also shows that teachers’ salary, years of service, and contract type are statistically significant with some of the motivational factors. In addition, comments about their motivation were provided by some educators, stating that for them the most frustrating aspect in their work life is the Administration followed by School Environment. It is important to note that the findings were limited to public high school teachers and cannot be generalized to teachers of other levels. At the end of the study the researcher concluded that The Ministry of Education in Honduras and high school principals need to work harder in order to improve their teachers’ motivation. Finally, the study also offers some recommendations for the schools and principals, so they can have a view of the situation of their teachers; for the educators, because they also need to help themselves, and future researchers in the area of motivation in Education.Item An Analysis of Leadership Styles and Practices among Secondary School Principals in Belize(2007) 蘇玫蕊; Marie Ann ScottBelize is a young and vibrant nation as such the population is rapidly expanding so more and more schools are opening each year. Thus, there are recently greater demands for principals in the school system. As a consequence, the Ministry of Education and the School Boards need to equip the schools with leaders who are effective, efficient, responsible, and trustworthy. Hence, this study examined the preferential leadership practice and influential factors that have contributed to the leadership style among secondary school principals in Belize based on transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire theories. Data were collected using mixed research methods. The Quantitative instrument for data gathering of leadership style preferences was the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ FORM 5X) developed and tested by Brass and Aviolo (1996) which were tested against the demographic data employed in the study. The Qualitative data were gathered using semi-structured interview, observation and documentation. The population size was 47 secondary school principals in Belize; the response rate for the quantitative analysis was 70.2% of the targeted population. For the in-depth study, eight principals were purposefully selected by experts, based on outstanding Caribbean Examination Center (CXC) performance, for further analysis of the practices and influential factors associated with the leadership style of the principals employed during the 2006 school year, in the secondary school system. The findings showed that transformational leadership style was the preferred leadership style practiced among secondary school principals. The demographic data tested in the study including gender were not statistically significant to transformational leadership style, which was the dominantly practiced leadership style. In the in-depth study the factors that had the highest rating were family background and formal education system, whilst self discipline, experience and mentorship were secondary factors identified amongst the principals. It is important to note that the findings were limited to the secondary school systems in Belize and cannot be generalized to other leaders in education. However, the information can be used as a meaningful basis for reference and guidance. The study offers recommendations to policy makers and professionals in the field of education, so that they can use the data as a benchmark to cultivate strong leaders and develop programs to continue to empower leaders within the school systems. Finally, the study makes suggestions for future research in the area of leadership in Belize’s educational context.