Teachers’ Creativity in Career Technical Education: The Mediating Effect of Knowledge Creation Practices in the Learning Organization

BAE, SANG HOON (배상훈); Song, Ji Hoon (송지훈); 김혜경

Teachers’ Creativity in Career Technical Education: The Mediating Effect of Knowledge Creation Practices in the Learning Organization

Korean Social Science Journal
Abbr : KSSJ
2012, 39(1), pp.59-81
Publisher : Korean Social Science Research Council
Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general

BAE, SANG HOON ¹, Song, Ji Hoon ², 김혜경 ³

¹성균관대학교
²노스 텍사스 대학
³Oklahoma State University

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the structural relationships among learning organization culture, teachers’ knowledge creation practices, and the level of teachers’ creativity in Career Technical Education (CTE) schools and investigated the mediating effect of teachers’ knowledge creation practices to explain the relationship between learning organization culture and the level of teachers’ creativity. A total of 304 CTE teachers across one of the central states in the US were used as the research sample. The study employed hierarchical multiple regression and structural equation modeling. The study found the structural relationships among the research variables including learning organization culture, teachers’ knowledge creation practices, and the level of teachers’ creativity. Furthermore, knowledge creation practices of teachers were found to mediate the relationship between learning organization culture and teachers’ creativity levels. Results suggest that CTE schools could be creative institutions and thus be more effective by building the learning organization culture along with promoting knowledge creation practices among teachers.

KEYWORDS

Learning Organization Culture, Teachers’ Knowledge Creation Practices, Teachers’ Creativity, Career Technical Education

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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