| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to specify areas to
improve organizational culture and climate of Seventh-day
Adventist (SDA) institutions of higher education in the
Asia-Pacific Division (APD). The results may serve as a
basis for conducting school climate improvement projects.
In this study 42 administrators, 76 teachers, and 185
senior students in six senior colleges of SDA in the APD
rated their agreement on a 124-item Likert tool consisting
of three scales. The items were adapted from the
Organlzational Culture Survey Instrument (OCS) by Harris
(1989) and The CFK, Ltd., School Climate Profile by Howard,
Howell, and Brainiard (1987). The tool for the personal
qualities was developed as part of the study. Face validity
was established by an expert jury review. Coefficient alpha
for Personal Qualities Scale was .964, for Organizatlonal
Culture Scale was .959, and for Organizational Climate Scale .963.
Six research questions were posed for the study.
Descriptive statistics used are frequencies, means, and
percentages. Inferential statistics used to test the nine
hypotheses included correlation, t tests, ANOVA, multiple
stepwise regression analysis, and Kruskal-Wallis One-Way
ANOVA. Probability for all tests was set at (05, with a
Bonferoni adjustment for multiple tests.
The major finding is that the personal qualities of
administrators, teachers, and students are the most
important predictors of both organizational culture and
climate. Areas of improvement include adminstrators being
consistent in policy, teachers accepting criticism, and
students completing assignment on tlme. The elements of
culture needing improvement are the communication system,
parents' input into decision making, in-service for teachers
and staff, openness to new ideas, provision of teaching
materials, and the early identification and dealing with
problems. The areas of climate needing improvement are the
fairness of the teachers and openness to a variety of
vlewpoints.
Major recommendations for college admlnistrators are
that the graduate programs for college teachers and
administrators promote the development of the personal qualities
needed, and that an assessment program be
instituted to guide the development of the appropriate
personal qualities. Recommendation for further study are to
repeat the study with other educational levels and to use
the tool developed for this study for individual school
assessment. | en_US |
