A constructive factor analysis of innovation competency ～ taking Taiwan students enrolled in design programs as an example

摘要

This study was conducted to identify the relationship among some intrapersonal factors such as professional competency, interdisplinary ability, social skills capability, and team cohesion. The validated questionnaire was delivered to 296 students in the design programs of universities as research samples. Consequently, the SPSS 18.0 and AMOS statistic software were used to analyze the collected data undertaking t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in order to answer the research questions. These conclusions inspired several suggestions for the practitioners, organization administrators, and, what's more important, for school educators in the relevant fields. Consequently, two suggestions were finally provided for the future research in order to pursue better research qualities and further understand the improvement strategies in the design education.