The purpose of this study was to investigate relations between trust relationship and role performance for peers and directors among kindergarten teachers and also between their job satisfaction and role
performance. Its findings my serve as related d...
The purpose of this study was to investigate relations between trust relationship and role performance for peers and directors among kindergarten teachers and also between their job satisfaction and role
performance. Its findings my serve as related data to improve the role performance of kindergarten teachers along with the importance of role performance and contribute to overall higher quality of education
including smooth interactions and positive role performance between kindergarten teachers and young children.
For this purpose, the study set the following research questions:
First, what kind of relation is there between kindergarten teachers' trust relationship with their peers and role performance?
Second, what kind of relation is there between their trust relationship for directors and role performance?
Third, what kind of relation is there between their job satisfaction and role performance?
The subjects include 267 kindergarten teachers at private kindergartens,
kindergartens attached to elementary school, and independent kindergartens in Busan. Measurement instruments were inventories on trust relationship for peer teachers and directors, job satisfaction and role performance. The investigator collected data with an open questionnaire reorganized based on previous studies and analyzed the data in the following steps: first, descriptive statistical analysis was conducted to
examine kindergarten teachers' trust relationship for peers and directors,
job satisfaction, and role performance; second, correlations were analyzed to check relations among their trust relationship for peers and directors, job satisfaction, and role performance; and third, stepwise multiple
regression analysis was performed to examine the relative effects of role performance on trust relationship for peers and directors and job satisfaction.
The findings were summarized as follows:
The study examined correlations among kindergarten teachers' trust relationship for peers and directors, job satisfaction, and role performance and found that there were positive correlations among the three
variables. There were the highest correlations between job satisfaction and role performance, which indicates that the higher their job satisfaction was, the greater their role performance became. There were
positive correlations between all the subfactors of trust relationship for peer and those of trust relationship for directors. There were the highest correlations between teacher-teacher trust relationship, a subfactor of
trust relationship for peers, and teacher-director correlation coefficient, a subfactor of trust relationship for directors. There were positive correlations between all the subfactors of trust relationship for peers and
role performance. There were the highest correlations between the sincerity of peers, a subfactor of trust relationship for peers, and roles as a curriculum design, a subfactor of role performance. Only one subfactor
of job satisfaction, work satisfaction, had no correlations with the subfactors of trust relationship for peers. There were significant but weak correlations between the abilities of peers, a subfactor of trust relationship for peers, and reward, possibility of future development, and autonomy, subfactors of job satisfaction. There were the highest correlations between the favorableness of peers, a subfactor of trust relationship for peers, and comradeship, a subfactor of job satisfaction. There were positive correlations between all the subfactors of trust relationship for directors and those of role performance. The subfactors of trust relationship for directors had no correlations with the subfactors of job satisfaction. As for correlations between the subfactors of role performance and those of job satisfaction, work satisfaction, a subfactor
of job satisfaction, had no correlations with the subfactors of role performance. There were the highest correlations between roles as a researcher, a subfactor of role performance, and possibilities of future
development, a subfactor of job satisfaction. When kindergarten teachers are satisfied with their job, they will have a sense of reward for working at their institutions, increase in job results, and ultimately
contribute to the higher quality of early childhood education institutions. When they had high trust in their peers and directors and high job satisfaction in the performance of their job, they will feel value in their
work, recognize more that they exert their abilities and are recognized for their job, and thus take more interest in job satisfaction.
These findings demonstrate that kindergarten teachers' trust relationship for peers and directors and job satisfaction had effects on their role performance and raise a need for eventual multifaceted policy supports
and institutional improvements for kindergarten teachers to enhance their role performance and provide better education.
The study suggests that kindergarten teachers' role performance abilities can be promoted by increasing their satisfaction with their job itself and helping them maintain their relationships with their peers and teachers in
a desirable and friendly manner, thus contributing to the higher qualityof education.