보육교사의 주도성과 직무열의 간 관계에서 자기결정성의 매개효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediation effect of self-determination in the relationships between proactive personality and child care teacher’s work engagement in path model using Structural Equation Modeling(SEM). The subjects were 233 child care teachers who work at child care centers in Daegu, Kyungpook and Kyungnam Provinces. Questionnaires, which required self-report by the child care teacher, were used to investigate proactive personality, self-determination via basic psychological needs, and work engagement.<BR> The collected data were analyzed by Pearson Correlation, Structural Equation Modeling(SEM), Bootstrapping, using of SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 20.0. The results of this study were as follows. First, child care teachers’proactive personality had a positive influence on work engagement. Second, child care teachers’self-determination had a positive influence on work engagement. Third, child care teachers’proactive personality had a positive influence on self-determination. Fourth, child care teachers’proactive personality had an indirect effect on work engagement via self-determination.<BR> The results mean that self-determination had more of an influence on child care teachers’ work engagement than proactive personality did. Child care teachers’ self-determination was important in work engagement. Therefore, in order to increase self-determination, it is required to provide child care teachers with opportunities to satisfy autonomy, competence, and relationship in the workplace.