The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between child care teachers' self-leadership and job satisfaction and teacher-child interaction, and the relative influence of self-leadership and job satisfaction on teacher-child interaction. ...
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between child care teachers' self-leadership and job satisfaction and teacher-child interaction, and the relative influence of self-leadership and job satisfaction on teacher-child interaction.
The research questions according to this study are as follows.
1. What is the relationship between childcare teacher’s self-leadership and job satisfaction and teacher-child interaction?
2. What is the relative influence of childcare teacher’s self-leadership and job satisfaction on teacher-child interaction?
The subjects of this study are 257 childcare teachers working in daycare centers located in Chungcheongnam-do Province and Daejeon Metropolitan city, who were randomly selected. In this study, the self-leadership tool for childcare teachers was the self-leadership research tool of Seo, Yoon-Hee (2012), which was adapted and modified from the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) developed by Houghton and Neck (2002). The job satisfaction tool for childcare teachers was the Korean Childcare Teacher's Job Satisfaction Scale (K-CTJSS) developed by Choi, Sung-yeon et al (2011). Teacher-child interaction tool used tool developed by Lee, Jung-sook (2003). The distribution and collection of questionnaire were conducted from June 26th 2023 to July 28th 2023 through mail or through direct visiting to each institution. The data processing calculated Cronbach’s α in order to analyze the reliability of research tool. In order to examine the relationship between childcare teacher’s self-leadership and job satisfaction and teacher-child interaction, Pearson correlation analysis was conducted. The stepwise regression analysis was conducted in order to explore the relative influence of childcare teacher’s self-leadership and job satisfaction on teacher-child interaction. SPSS 21.0 statistical program was used for above statistical processing.
The result of this study is as follows.
First, childcare teacher’s self-leadership as a whole and its sub-factors of action-centered strategy, natural reward strategy, and constructive thinking pattern strategy, were positively correlated with teacher-child interaction as a whole and its sub-factors of emotional interaction, verbal interaction, and behavioral interaction. In addition, job satisfaction of childcare teacher as a whole and its sub-factors of social recognition and treatment, director’s operation method and attitude, relationship with fellow teachers, relationship with parents, childcare work, childcare environment and welfare were positively correlated with teacher-child interaction as a whole and its sub-factors of emotional interaction, verbal interaction, and behavioral interaction.
Second, the constructive thinking pattern strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership, was the most influential factor in the overall teacher-child interaction, followed by childcare work, childcare environment and welfare, action-centered strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership, and relationship with parents, a sub-factor of job satisfaction. The behavioral strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership was the most influential factor in emotional interaction, a sub-factor of teacher-child interaction, followed by childcare work, a sub-factor of job satisfaction, the relationship with parents, the natural reward strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership, childcare environment and welfare, a sub-factor of job satisfaction. The constructive thinking pattern strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership was the most influential factor in verbal interaction, a sub-factor of teacher-child interaction, followed by childcare work, childcare environment and welfare, and behavioral strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership, and relationship with parents, a sub-factor of job satisfaction. Finally, constructive thinking pattern strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership was the most influential factor in behavioral interaction, a sub-factor of teacher-child interaction, followed by childcare work, a sub-factor of self-leadership, the relationship with parents, the behavioral strategy, a sub-factor of self-leadership, and childcare environment and welfare, a sub-factor of job satisfaction.