The purpose of this study was to investigate the the effect of early childhood teacher's adult attachment and job- crafting on job satisfaction. In order to achieve the purpose a total of 281 teachers working in early childhood settings completed thr...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the the effect of early childhood teacher's adult attachment and job- crafting on job satisfaction. In order to achieve the purpose a total of 281 teachers working in early childhood settings completed three questionnaires of Adult Attachment Scale (ECR-R), Korean-version of Job Crafting Questionnaire (JCQ-K), and Korean-version of Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (K-MSQ). The results of this study were analyzed with the SPSS/WIN 25.0SPSS program. Specifically, the researcher conducted descriptive statistics, the simple correlation, and regression analysis. The results of this study are summarized as follows.
First, statistically significant correlations were observed among among adult attachment(attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance), job crafting, job satisfaction. Attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, which are subcategories of adult attachment, have significant negative correlations between job satisfaction and the job crafting. Also, there is a significant positive correlation between the job crafting and job satisfaction. Second, only secure attachment of early childhood teachers had positive effect on job satisfaction. Third, job crafting of early childhood teachers had positive effect on job satisfaction. This study has its significance as a first empirical study to examine the effects of early childhood teachers' adult attachment and job-crafting on their job satisfaction. Based on the results of the study, the researcher suggested to have attention to early childhood teachers' adult attachment and job-crafting in early childhood settings.