[[alternative]]The study of principals' moral leadership in junior high schools

[[abstract]]Abstract The purposes of the study are: (1) to explore the primary concepts of moral leadership and its practice, (2) to investigate the current situation of moral leadership in junior high schools, (3) to conclude the results and offer some suggestions for practicing or improving principals’ moral leadership. In order to accomplish the purposes, the research adopts documentary research and questionnaire survey. First, through documentary analysis, the study explores the primary concepts of moral leadership and its practice to understand the meanings, essence, necessity, function, relational theories and researches, principles, problems, and the solution of the problems of moral leadership. Second, according to the results drawn from the literatures, the researcher develops “ the questionnaire of principals’ moral leadership in junior high schools ” used for investigation survey to understand the necessity, validity, function, principles, methods, problems, and the solution of the problems of moral leadership. Finally, according to the results, the research provides some substantial suggestions. The subjects of this study with sample size of 1058 subjects and the effective number of 805 subjects are randomly selected from junior high schools’ staffs, educational administration staffs, and experts/scholars. The data of questionnaire is processed for statistical analysis under the “ SPSS for Windows 10.07 “ statistics package software. From the findings of document analysis and investigation survey, the conclusions are drawn as follows: 1. Moral leadership puts emphasis on the higher level of leading beliefs, and it aims at evoking members’ sense of obligation by moral authority to reach self-actualization and accomplish the organizational goals. 2. It is necessary for junior high schools’ principals to practice moral leadership because school education includes moral education, and moral leadership lets members follow the leader naturally and reconstruct schools/society ethics. 3. It is possible for junior high schools’ principals to practice moral leadership. 4. Moral leadership has several functions, such as obtaining members’ recognition, improving their sense of responsibility, and so on. 5. As junior high schools’ principals practice moral leadership, they must keep some rules, such as respecting human rights, insisting moral ideals, etc., but a few principals do not reach the goal. 6. As junior high schools’ principals practice moral leadership, they must adopt some methods, such as considering the benefit of the whole members, considering members’ abilities and character, etc., but a few principals do not reach the goal. 7. As junior high schools’ principals practice moral leadership, they may encounter some problems, such as pressure, ossified laws, and so on. 8. As junior high schools’ principals practice moral leadership, they can use some strategies, such as modifying norms, encouraging rational analysis and critic, etc., but a few principals have not adopted them. 9. Moral leadership is supported by teachers in junior high schools, educational administration staffs, and scholars/experts. 10. As junior high schools’ principals practice moral leadership, they must adopt some relational measures. Based on the conclusions, the researcher proposes some concrete suggestions to practice and improve moral leadership in the following: 1. Educational administration and teacher training institution should adopt some relational measures. 2. Educational administration and schools may promote moral leadership. 3. Educational administration and schools should exclude the illegal interference. 4. Principals have to reconstruct schools’ ethical environment. 5. Schools should adopt concrete measures to practice moral leadership. 6. Schools may fully use resources to practice moral leadership. 7. Principals should morally consider each person in schools. 8. Moral leader had better be supported by teachers. 9. Moral leadership must expand into consideration and responsibility of community. 10. The further research may expand the theme, plenitude the content, and use the qualitative research, and so forth.