Northern Region Of Taiwan Research Articles

Becoming epistemically active in online reading: Facilitating elementary school students’ multimodal multiple document reading via sourcing organizers

In the AI era, it has become crucial to evaluate information found on the Internet critically. This research aimed to investigate the impact of a sourcing organizer on sixth graders' online multimodal and multiple document reading (MMDR) abilities, focusing on aspects such as source-content link and text integration in relation to reading on the Internet. Cognitive and affective factors associated with MMDR were examined. The study involved 52 sixth-graders (55.77% males) from two typical elementary school classes in the northern region of Taiwan. Two intact classes were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group with the quasi-experimental design. The experimental group (n = 26) received a pre-outlined sourcing organizer, guiding them to record the article title, author, publication date, website name, and major assertions from six assigned multimodal texts. In contrast, the control group (n = 26) received a regular organizer, prompting them to summarize the main ideas from the same six assigned multimodal texts. The study's findings indicated that employing sourcing organizers positively impacted students' performance in text integration. However, it was observed that both groups, regardless of whether they used regular organizers or sourcing organizers, experienced benefits in terms of source-content links. Furthermore, reading ability emerged as the sole significant predictor for source-content links, whereas both reading ability and the use of sourcing organizers predicted text integration. The implications of these findings were discussed to provide insights into instructional strategies to develop online MMDR competencies in elementary students.

The relationship between graduation school background and geographical distribution of dentists in Taiwan

Background/purposeTaiwan’s eight dental schools are all located in the western region. This study attempted to analyze the relationship between the geographical distribution of dentists in Taiwan and their graduation school background and to develop several statistical indicators to analyze the geographical distribution of dentists. Materials and methodsThe method of the secondary data analysis was adopted to collect the open information related to the number of the practicing dentists based on their graduation schools and practice locations by cities and counties in Taiwan in January 2023. The data were used to develop several statistical indicators to analyze the geographical distribution of dentists. ResultsThere were 16,533 practicing dentists in Taiwan in January 2023. Of the 16,533 dentists, 15,687 (94.88 %) graduated from domestic dental schools and 846 (5.12 %) graduated from foreign dental schools. For the school location, the coefficient of variation, Gini coefficient, population proportion index, and population density index were the largest (168.57 %, 0.47, 10.76 %, and 3927.01 people/square kilometer) in the dentists graduating from the northern dental schools. In overall, the dentists were concentrated in municipalities, cities, and the northern region of Taiwan, especially those graduating from the northern dental schools. ConclusionIn Taiwan, the geographical distribution of dentists is highly related to their graduation school background. Promoting a balanced distribution of dental enrollment quotas and dental student sources from different geographical locations and inducing the movement of dentists to the dentist-shortage areas may be the more feasible ways to solve the uneven geographical distribution of dentists in Taiwan.

The Relationship Between Consumer Empowerment and Brand Attachment; The Intermediary Effect of Product Involvement

<p>證券投資交易方式由過去的人工下單轉向網路下單，同時證券商亦面臨客戶資源重疊的景象，如何增強客戶電子交易的線上體驗、提高線上服務品質，提升客戶對企業的黏著度及再購意願，是證券商經營策略的重要課題。本研究欲探討線上服務品質在關係品質的中介效果下，對於再購意願是否有所影響。本研究以網路問卷進行調查，採用便利抽樣，以北部某金控集團之證券公司的客戶為對象，共回收310份，有效問卷309份。研究結果顯示，線上服務品質對再購意願具有顯著正向影響力，關係品質對於上述的關係為完全仲介變數。本研究所有假說都獲得支持。根據研究結果提出理論與實務意涵。</p> <p> </p><p>The securities investment trading method has shifted from manual ordering in the past to online ordering. Meanwhile, securities firms are also facing the phenomenon of overlapping customer resources. Therefore, enhancing online experience in electronic transactions for customers, improving the quality of online service, and increasing customer stickiness and repurchase intention are important issues in the business strategy of securities firms. This study aims to explore whether online service quality has an impact on repurchase intention under the mediating effect of relationship quality. This study conducted an online questionnaire survey using convenience sampling, targeting customers of a securities company within a certain financial holding group in the northern region of Taiwan. A total of 310 responses were collected, and 309 valid questionnaires were analyzed. The results show that online service quality has a significant positive impact on repurchase intention, and relationship quality is a complete mediating variable in the aforementioned relationship. All hypotheses in this study were supported. Theoretical and practical implications are proposed based on the research results.</p> <p> </p>

Overview of dental radiology education for medical radiology students in Taiwan

Background/purposeIn Taiwan, the formal education for cultivating medical radiation technologists began in 1965. However, there are very few dental radiology curricula in Taiwan's medical radiology schools. We investigated mainly the appearance of dental radiology education for medical radiology students in Taiwan. Materials and methodsWe used documentary analysis, a survey of dental radiology education, and secondary data analysis in this study to find the appearance of Taiwan's dental radiology education for medical radiology students. ResultsThere were currently ten medical radiology schools. Among them, five offered independent curricula in their subject schedules and another five had dental radiology education included in their general medical radiology curricula. Of the 53 dental radiology teaching hospitals, 21 (39.62%) were medical centers and 25 (47.17%) were regional hospitals, and these large hospitals were concentrated in the northern region of Taiwan. These large dental radiology teaching hospitals offered more training hours of dental radiology internship for medical radiology students and had a higher availability for the medical radiology students. ConclusionIn Taiwan, the current status of dental radiology curricula in the medical radiology schools is indeed seriously insufficient. A dental radiology education system should be established in the future, including the innovative dental radiology curricula developed for medical radiology students and more dental radiology curricula designed for dental students. This in turn can create new career options for medical radiology students and new practice directions for medical radiation technologists, and then expand their potential involvement in dental radiology.

Factors underlying urinary arsenic levels in a population residing close to a coastal heavy-industrial area in southern Taiwan

The public in the southwestern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City expressed concern over risk of arsenic (As) to people living in six of that city’s townships nearby a coastal area with heavy industry. To investigate, we first analyzed urinary total As levels in 539 subjects administered Taiwan’s Nutrition and Health Survey, a nationwide survey of nutritional status 2005-2008 (NAHSIT 2005-8). We found the top three highest median urinary total As levels in residents from Penghu island (136.93 µg/L, n = 24), the upper northern region of Taiwan (78.54 µg/L, n = 69), and the southwestern region of Taiwan (71.87 µg/L, n = 36). We then measured total urinary As levels in 1,801 and 1,927 voluntary residents of the above-mentioned six townships in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and compared with those with people residing in the top three highest total As levels of NAHSIT 2005-8. Median urinary As levels were 84.6 µg/L in 2016 and 72.5 µg/L in 2018, similar to those in southwestern region of Taiwan, but far below those in Penghu island (p <0.05). Finally, in 2020, we interviewed 116 healthy and voluntary residents from the same six townships and collected one-spot urine samples to analyze total inorganic-related As (TiAs), a summation of As3+, As5+, monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA). Median urinary TiAs in participants consuming seafood two days before urine sampling (n=15) was 24.0 µg/L, significantly higher than those not consuming seafood then (median: 20.5 µg/L, n=101, p=0.029). The results remained significant after adjusting for other covariates (p = 0.028). These findings suggest that seafood consumption is probably the main source of urinary total As and TiAs in people residing close to that coastal heavy industrial area of southern Taiwan. A future intervention study (dietary control) could be conducted to re-confirm our findings.

Overview of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan

Background/purposeIn Taiwan, there is no independent licensing system for dental radiation technologists. A licensed medical radiation technologist who engages in dental radiology is the so-called dental radiation technologist. This study explored mainly the profile of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan. Materials and methodsThis study used the methods of documentary analysis, dental radiation manpower survey, and the secondary data analysis to find the profile of dental radiation technologists in Taiwan. ResultsThere were currently 59 dental radiology departments and 101 dental radiation technologists (29 males and 72 females) in 57 hospitals and their branches. Of the 101 dental radiation technologists, 56 worked in the medical centers, 28 in the regional hospitals, and 17 in the district hospitals. More than half of the dental radiation technologists were concentrated in the medical centers (55.45%, 56/101) or the northern region of Taiwan (57.43%, 58/101), especially in the northern medical centers (30.69%, 31/101). ConclusionIn Taiwan, the manpower of dental radiation technologists is insufficient, and dental radiation technologists usually work in the dental departments of the hospitals. A large number of clinic dentists lack dental radiation technologists to assist in dental radiology works and the clinic dentists have to perform the dental radiology works by themselves. Therefore, a dental radiology education system should be established to design innovative dental radiology courses for radiological technology students. This in turn can provide a new practice direction for medical radiation technologists and expand their potential participation in the field of dental radiology.

A Study of Graduate Students' Achievement Motivation, Active Learning, and Active Confidence Based on Relevant Research.

Graduate students’ failure to graduate is of great concern, with the failure to graduate due to the dissertation being the most influential factor. However, there are many factors that influence the writing of a dissertation, and research on these factors that influence graduate students’ learning through emotion and cognition is still quite rare. A review of past research revealed that the main factor causing graduate students to drop out midway is not completing their thesis, followed by factors including insufficient achievement motivation, lack of learning strategy, and low confidence. The graduation rate of graduate students has been emphasized by the academic community; therefore, this study investigated the correlation between graduate students’ achievement motivation, active learning, and academic confidence in writing research. The study invited graduated students from two universities of science and technology situated in the northern region of Taiwan to complete the questionnaire. In this study, valid data for validation analysis were collected from 173 respondents, and the results showed that achievement motivation positively influenced active learning (higher-order learning, integrative learning, reflective learning) and that active learning (higher-order learning, integrative learning, reflective learning) positively influenced academic confidence. From the above findings, it can be seen that to help graduate students from University of Science and Technology to effectively complete their graduate studies, students should develop good motivation to adopt active learning strategies to enhance their academic self-confidence.

Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage Treatment Plants between January 2020 and July 2021 in Taiwan.

An outbreak of a new type of coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) began in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, at the end of 2019, and it later spread to other areas of China and around the world. Taiwan reported the first confirmed case from an individual who returned from Wuhan, China, in January 2020 for Chinese New Year. Monitoring microbes in environmental sewage is an important epidemiological indicator, especially for pathogens that can be shed in feces such as poliovirus. We have conducted additional SARS-CoV-2 sewage testing since January 2020 using a well-established poliovirus environmental sewage surveillance system in Taiwan. Wastewater samples were collected from 11 sewage treatment plants from different parts of Taiwan twice a month for laboratory testing. By the end of July 2021, 397 wastewater specimens had been tested, and two samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2. These two wastewater samples were collected in the northern region of Taiwan from Taipei (site A) and New Taipei City (site C) at the beginning of June 2021. This result is consistent with the significant increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases observed in the same period of time. As the pandemic ebbed after June, the wastewater samples in these areas also tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 in July 2021.

Distributions of dental freshmen enrolled by northern, central, and southern dental schools in each city or county and different regions of Taiwan in 2020

Background/purposeIn Taiwan, the uneven distribution and the urban-rural gap of dentists are long-standing problems. Thus, the regional balance of domestic dental schools and their students are very important for the further distribution of practicing dentists. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the distributions of dental freshmen enrolled by dental schools of general universities in each city or county and different regions of Taiwan in 2020. Materials and methodsThis study mainly collected the number of dental freshmen enrolled by the northern, central, and southern dental schools and further evaluated their distributions in each city or county and different regions of Taiwan in 2020. ResultsThe distribution of dental freshmen in Taiwan in 2020 did have a regional imbalance. These dental freshmen were mainly concentrated in municipalities, cities with dental schools, and the northern region of Taiwan. The enrolled dental freshmen tended to choose a dental school which was in the same location as they grew up. We also found that the dental freshmen enrolled by the northern, central, and southern dental schools mostly came from the northern, the northern, and the southern regions of Taiwan, respectively. ConclusionWe conclude that the dental freshmen are mainly concentrated in municipalities, cities with dental schools, and the northern region of Taiwan. Moreover, the dental freshmen enrolled by the northern or central dental schools mostly come from the northern region of Taiwan and those enrolled by the southern dental schools majorly come from the southern region of Taiwan.

Factors Associated with Refusal or Discontinuation of Treatment in Patients with Bladder Cancer: A Cohort Population-Based Study in Taiwan.

Cancer treatment causes adverse effects that lead to refusal or discontinuation of treatment. The purposes of this study were to identify 1) the factors associated with and 2) the reasons for refusing and discontinuing treatment in patients with bladder cancer (BC). We conducted a retrospective cohort study in patients diagnosed with BC in Taiwan from 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2019 using a linked cancer registry database. Of the 1247 BC patients in the study cohort, 2.1% reported refusing treatment. Patients with less education and those diagnosed at cancer stage II–IV were more likely to refuse treatment. The major reason for refusing treatment was “patient or the family considered patient’s poor physical condition (chronic disease or unstable systemic disease), difficulty in enduring any condition likely to cause physical discomfort from disease treatment”. A total of 4.3% of BC patients reported discontinuing treatment. Patients not living in the northern region of Taiwan and those diagnosed at cancer stage II–IV were more likely to terminate treatment before completion. The major reason given for discontinuing treatment was inconvenient transportation. Sufficient social resources and supportive care can help BC patients cope with the physical and psychological burden of treatment.

The status of hospital dentistry in Taiwan in October 2019

Background/purposeDental care has been officially incorporated into the hospital accreditation system in Taiwan since 2015. The geographical distribution of dentist manpower still remains in an unbalanced status as shown by the dentist-to-population ratio. This study tried to assess the dental manpower issue in terms of the status of hospital dentistry, and hence provided two organizational-level suggestions with their policy implications. Materials and methodsThis study utilized the secondary data analysis to evaluate the dental manpower in dental departments of medical centers, regional hospitals, and district hospitals in different regions of Taiwan in October 2019. ResultsOur results found that the dental manpower including the numbers of general dentists and dental specialists was highest in medical centers, followed by regional hospitals and district hospitals. Moreover, the dental resources and manpower were mostly concentrated in the northern region of Taiwan, followed by the central and southern regions of Taiwan, the eastern region of Taiwan, and offshore islands. ConclusionThe hospital dentistry in Taiwan develops toward large-scale and specialization. Both hospital general dentists and dental specialists are concentrated in the medical centers, especially the medical centers in the northern region of Taiwan, indicating the problem of oversupply in the northern Taiwan and unbalanced distribution of dentists among the regions in Taiwan. Therefore, the responsibilities of the hospitals in metropolitan areas are to develop the elderly and disabled dentistry and to assist with oral health promotion and oral disease prevention in remote areas to reduce the urban-rural gap in dental resources in Taiwan.

Dentist manpower development and geographical distribution of dentists in Taiwan

Background/purposeThe development of dentists in Taiwan has been over a century. This study tried to explore the dentist manpower development and the current status of geographical distribution of dentists in Taiwan. Materials and methodsThis study used the secondary data analysis to survey the changes of total dentist number from 1986 to 2018 and the geographic distribution of dentists in different levels of dental institutions in 2019. ResultsThe total number of dentists increased from 3739 in 1986 to 14,717 in 2018. The total number of hospital dentists increased from 809 in 1986 to 2121 in 2018. However, the proportion of hospital dentists in the total number of dentists decreased from 21.64% in 1986 to 14.41% in 2018. On the contrary, the total number of dental clinic dentists increased from 2930 in 1986 to 12,596 in 2018. The proportion of dental clinic dentists in the total number of dentists increased from 78.36% in 1986 to 85.59% in 2018. The northern region of Taiwan and Taipei City had 52.81% (7829/14,825) and 22.29% (3304/14,825) of the total number of dentists in 2019, respectively. Hospital dentists showed a significantly greater imbalance in geographic distribution than overall dentists. ConclusionOur results indicate that Taiwan has the problems of oversupply of dentists and imbalance in geographical distribution of dentists. Because continuation of the current dentist manpower development may accelerate the oversupply and geographical imbalance of dentists, a mechanism for controlling the total dentist manpower should be implemented to prevent the deterioration of the problems.

Modelling of pollutants and particulate matter in air using auto-tuned deep recurrent networks

Atmospheric pollutants and Particulate Matter of size less than 10µm (PM10) are becoming dominant in the atmosphere due to human activities and natural calamities. To address their associated problems on human health, the interactions between pollutants and PM10 have to be envisaged. Machine learning techniques like Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) were successfully employed in establishing the interactions between various factors at play. However, these techniques are denounced for following a heuristic approach for determining network hyper-parameters. We propose a novel evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithm which can optimally determine the hyper-parameters in deep recurrent neural networks. We test the algorithm to build optimal RNNs and LSTMs for modelling and forecasting the pollutants and PM10 data generated in northern Taiwan region during the year 2015. A state-of-the-art network training algorithm, Truncated Back Propagation Through Time was used in our study and single variable regression was done for CO, NOx, SO2, and PM10. Except for SO2 with RNN, model developed with the proposed algorithm gave high R2 values. LSTM was found to be superior than RNN in all the cases with R2 going as high as 0.9584 for PM10, while that attained by RNN is 0.93.

Trends of participation of post-graduate year training program for dentists in Taiwan dental training institutions from 2010 to 2018

Background/purposeThe licensed dentists in Taiwan should join the post-graduate year training program for dentists (PGYD) since 2010. This study aimed to analyze the project types and the geographical distribution of the PGYD training institutions in Taiwan from 2010 to 2018. Materials and methodsFrom 2010 to 2018, 735 hospitals and clinics participated in four types of PGYD project including hospital as the single training institution (project A), clinic as the single training institution (project B), hospital as the main training institution in the joint training group (project C), and clinic as the main training institution in the joint training group (project D). The project types and the geographical distribution of the training institutions were analyzed. ResultsThe 735 PGYD training projects were proposed by the 735 dental institutions. The project number grew from 119 in 2010 to 195 in 2018. The most common project type was project B (307, 41.8%), followed by the project A (249, 33.9%), the project D (101, 13.7%), and the project C (78, 10.6%). Geographically, these 735 main training institutions were located most commonly in northern region of Taiwan (379, 51.6%), followed by the central region of Taiwan (171, 23.3%), southern region of Taiwan (156, 21.2%), and eastern region of Taiwan (29, 3.9%). ConclusionHospital or clinic as the single training institution is the two most common PGYD project types in Taiwan from 2010 to 2018. These single or main dental training institutions are mainly located in the northern, central, and southern regions of Taiwan.

Artificial magnetic disturbance from the mass rapid transit system in Taiwan

AbstractAn obvious magnetic disturbance has been repeatedly observed by magnetometers located outside of urban areas in Yangmingshan National Park and has affected the monitoring of volcanic activity in the northern region of Taiwan. The disturbance has amplitudes of approximately 3–5 nanoteslas, and regularly appears for approximately 21 hours per day, except during the New Year period, when it is observed continuously for 45 hours. This change coincides with the annual extended operation of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. A 750‐volt direct current drives the MRT trains and leaks to the ground, with a maximum value of approximately 1000 amperes measured along the routes. The disturbance is dominated by the unbalanced supply and return currents resulting from the leakage. The daily changes in the magnetic noise levels are correlated with the electricity consumption of the MRT system because the leakage is proportional to the use of electric power.

Indicator species and seasonal succession of planktonic copepod assemblages driven by the interplay of subtropical and temperate waters in the southern East China Sea

The northeastern region off Taiwan exhibits a high marine diversity favoured by the influence of northern and subtropical water masses driven by the East China Sea Water and the Kuroshio current (KC), respectively. A total of 87 species of copepods representing 36 genera were identified in present study. Calanoida was the most dominant order, while Temora turbinata (Dana, 1849), Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) and Ditrichocorycaeus affinis (McMurrich, 1916) appeared as most dominant species. However, we noticed the unusual presence of the copepod Calanoides philippinensis Kitou & Tanaka, 1969 in concurrence with the dominant influence of KC, which suggests a larger intrusion of South China Sea (SCS) waters into the northeast Taiwan region. C. philippinensis is an exclusive species of the warm subtropical Pacific waters. Its presence in the northern Taiwan region may reflect a larger intrusion of warm SCS waters. We therefore suggest its potential use as a bioindicator of southern, tropical waters in the northern Taiwan area.

Assessing web services of emerging economies in an Eastern country — Taiwan's e-government

Accessibility of much country-level information and many web services, originating from governments are a global standard. The governments of emerging economies in the eastern countries especially need to adopt, without undue delay, the advanced technologies for providing better web services to their citizens. However, consideration and evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of governments' web services is currently lacking in previous literature. Thus, this study first adopts a computational approach suggested in the literature to measure the effectiveness of Taiwan's established, city- and county-level (25 cities and counties, and 1411 governmental units) governments' websites. Then, by considering the IT-related input and output resources as suggested by the experts of e-government during several in-depth interviews, data envelopment analysis (DEA) evaluates the efficiency of Taiwan's governmental web services. This study reveals that the well-developed web services provided by Taiwan's government are apparent in two geographically dispersed cities (north and south) and one county in the northern region of Taiwan. In addition, six cities and counties appear to be ineffective and inefficient in providing web services to Taiwan's citizens due to their geographical remoteness from the capital and small regional populations. An additional finding confirms the significant effect of population size on Taiwanese services for e-government in each city and county. Finally, this study suggests applying more attention to website designs for different levels or regions of governments and building alternative communication channels for citizens with different backgrounds. Consequently, providing citizens' most-requested services becomes easier, and the resources' distribution becomes effective and efficient for those in different geographical locations. This study's findings represent a reference for providing better electronic publically accessible services, and a benchmark for scholars conducting further research in this area.

Environmental factors association between asthma and acute bronchiolitis in young children—a perspective cohort study

Acute bronchiolitis and asthma are respiratory tract diseases of childhood that are characterized by wheezing. However, the diagnosis of asthma is difficult in patients younger than 2 years. We evaluated the association between asthma or acute bronchiolitis and various risk factors in young children. This perspective cohort study included a study group of children younger than 2 years with a recorded diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis (N = 4,586) as well as a control group (N = 4,263). Children in both groups were registered between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004, on the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (2005), and each child was followed in our study until December 31, 2006, using data from the same source. Of the 8,849 children in our study, 355 experienced asthma during the 3-year follow-up period. Among these 355 asthma patients, 332 children (29.1 per 1,000 person-years, 95% CI 26.2-36.4) belonged to the acute bronchiolitis cohort and 23 children (2.0 per 1,000 person-years, 95% CI 13.3-29.9) belonged to the comparison cohort. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that children with acute bronchiolitis were more likely to have asthma than the control population, after adjustment for potential confounders (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 13.55, 95% CI 8.87-20.71). Boys with acute bronchiolitis had a higher HR for asthma than girls during the 3-year follow-up. Children with acute bronchiolitis who lived in rural areas had a 1.49 HR for asthma compared with their urban counterparts. Children living in the northern region of Taiwan had a higher HR ratio than those in other regions. Sex, urbanization, and geographic region all showed significant associations with acute bronchiolitis and asthma. Based on the asthma-free survival curves of Kaplan-Meier analysis in our study, young children with acute bronchiolitis should be monitored for 2 years to prevent them from developing asthma. This was the first study to evaluate the length of time for which acute bronchiolitis poses a risk for the development of asthma in young children.

Application of neural networks for detecting erroneous tax reports from construction companies

In this study we develop an automatic detection model for discovering erroneous tax reports. The model uses a variety of neural network applications inclusive of the Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs), Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ), decision tree, and Hyper-Rectangular Composite Neural Network (HRCNN) methods. Detailed taxation information from construction companies registered in the northern Taiwan region is sampled, giving a total of 5769 tax reports from 3172 construction companies which make up 35.98% of the top-three-class construction companies. The results confirm that the model yields a better recognition rate for distinguishing erroneous tax reports from the others. The automatic model is thus proven feasible for detecting erroneous tax reports. In addition, we note that the HRCNN yields a correction rate of 78% and, furthermore, generates 248 valuable rules, providing construction practitioners with criteria for preventing the submission of erroneous tax reports.

The Impact of Self-efficacy on Innovative Work Behaviorfor Teachers

The purpose of this study aims to examine the impact of on Innovative Work Behavior for Teachers in Taiwan. The randomly stratified sampling method is used in this study to select 546 secondary school teachers from 20 public/private schools in the northern region of Taiwan. The data is analyzed using the descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and regression analysis. First, the results indicate that out of the three important ranking is at Teachers' self-efficacy, two are at Self-efficacy towards Guiding Groups-related, and one is at Self-efficacy towards Using Innovations. However, the results indicate that three domains of Teachers' in this study are well-performance as well as Innovative Work Behavior. The results also indicate that there is a strong positive relationship between Teachers' (TSE) and Innovative Work Behavior (IWB). However, there is no statistical correlation between towards using innovations and IWB's all scales. Teachers with higher self-efficacy have shown better work innovative behavior. TSE is a significant contributing factor to IWB. Several recommendations are made in the study.