유아교사의 근무환경, 이직의도, 일과 삶의 균형 간의 경로 분석

Abstract

Objectives This study examines the path relationship between early childhood teachers' working environment, turnover intention, and work-life balance, and then confirms the mediating effect of early childhood teachers' work-life balance.
 Methods To this end, questionnaires were distributed to 285 teachers working at kindergartens and daycare cen-ters in Area B, and 257 people were selected for analysis, excluding uncollected and unfaithful responses. Frequency analysis, path analysis, and mediating effect analysis were performed on the recovered data using SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS macro 4.0 versions.
 Results The results of the study are as follows. First, it was found that the working environment of early childhood teachers had a positive effect on the work-life balance. Second, it was found that the working environment had a negative effect on turnover intention. Third, it was found that work-life balance had a negative effect on turnover intention. Fourth, the work-life balance of early childhood teachers showed a partial mediating effect in the rela-tionship between early childhood teachers' work environment and turnover intention.
 Conclusions It is believed that lowering the intention of teachers to change jobs through systematic support and education for early childhood teachers' working environment and work-life balance can contribute a lot to improv-ing the quality of early childhood education institutions.