보육교사가 지각하는 원장의 감성리더십과 교사효능감이 행복감에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objectives The purposes of this study were to research on the relationships between the principal’s leadership perceived by teachers, teacher efficacy, and the teachers’ happiness; and how the principal’s emotional leadership and teacher efficacy affect the teachers’ happiness at their child care centers. Methods From October 25th to November 3rd, 2021, we conducted an on-offline questionnaire survey of childcare teachers working at child care centers all over the country. Based on previous research, the principal’s emotional leadership and teacher’s efficacy and happiness scales were used as evaluation standards. Thereafter 285 of the 300 collected data were tested by frequency-analysis, technical statistics, reliability test, t-verification, One-Way ANOVA analysis, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS 22.0 program. Results First, There were significant differences in teacher’s happiness according to the sociodemographic factors of age and marital status and no differences in career and academic background. Second, There were positive correlations among emotional leadership of the principal, teacher efficacy, and the happiness of the teacher. Third, it was found that both the principal’s emotional leadership and teacher efficacy perceived by the childcare teacher have a significant positive effect on the childcare teacher’s happiness. Conclusions This study has shown how the principal’s emotional leadership perceived by teachers, and teacher’s efficacy could affect the teacher’s happiness. Therefore, because happy teacher improve the quality of the school, this study will provide essential data to build an excellent child care system.