Mediating Effect of Technical Support on Human Capital Management and Teachers’ Eagerness for School Initiatives


Authors : Vincent T. Libres

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 4 - April

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24APR1410

Abstract : The main purpose of this study is to evaluate whether technical support teachers have significant mediating effect on the relationship between human capital management and teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives. In this study, the researcher selected the 210 public elementary school teachers in Maa District, Davao City as the respondents of the study. Stratified random sampling technique was utilized in the selection of the respondents. Non-experimental quantitative research design using descriptive-correlational method was employed. The data collected were subjected on the following statistical tools: Mean, Partial Correlation, and Multiple Regression Analysis. Descriptive analysis showed that human capital management, teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives, and technical support in Maa District, Davao City were described as moderately extensive. Further, correlation analysis demonstrated that there is significant relationship among human capital management, teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives, and technical support in Maa District, Davao City. Evidently, Multiple Regression Analysis proved that technical support have significant mediating effect on the relationship between human capital management and teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives in Maa District, Davao City. The study, therefore, was conducted for further utilization of findings through publication in reputable research journal.

Keywords : Educational Management, Human Capital Management, Teachers’ Eagerness For School Initiatives, Technical Support, Mediation Analysis, Philippines.

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The main purpose of this study is to evaluate whether technical support teachers have significant mediating effect on the relationship between human capital management and teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives. In this study, the researcher selected the 210 public elementary school teachers in Maa District, Davao City as the respondents of the study. Stratified random sampling technique was utilized in the selection of the respondents. Non-experimental quantitative research design using descriptive-correlational method was employed. The data collected were subjected on the following statistical tools: Mean, Partial Correlation, and Multiple Regression Analysis. Descriptive analysis showed that human capital management, teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives, and technical support in Maa District, Davao City were described as moderately extensive. Further, correlation analysis demonstrated that there is significant relationship among human capital management, teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives, and technical support in Maa District, Davao City. Evidently, Multiple Regression Analysis proved that technical support have significant mediating effect on the relationship between human capital management and teachers’ eagerness for school initiatives in Maa District, Davao City. The study, therefore, was conducted for further utilization of findings through publication in reputable research journal.

Keywords : Educational Management, Human Capital Management, Teachers’ Eagerness For School Initiatives, Technical Support, Mediation Analysis, Philippines.

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