ABSTRACT
Effects of Childcare Belief of Childcare Teachers on Resilience and Job Satisfaction
Lee, Ki-Young
Department of Global Management
Graduate School of Technology Management
Kyung Hee University
Supervised by Professor Cho, Yong-Seok, Ph. D.
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ABSTRACT
Effects of Childcare Belief of Childcare Teachers on Resilience and Job Satisfaction
Lee, Ki-Young
Department of Global Management
Graduate School of Technology Management
Kyung Hee University
Supervised by Professor Cho, Yong-Seok, Ph. D.
The objective of this study was to examine the effects of childcare belief of childcare teachers on resilience and job satisfaction. In order to achieve this objective, the following study questions had been set up. The research questions were established as follows: First, what are the differences between childcare belief, job satisfaction and resilience of childcare teachers depending on demographic characteristics? Second, what is the correlation between childcare belief, job satisfaction and resilience of childcare teachers? Third, What are the effects of childcare belief of teachers on resilience and job satisfaction? For this research, the 230 childcare teachers working at the daycare centers in Gyeonggi-do participated as the subjects. For study tools, the questionnaire, which had been TBTI presented by Verma(1974) and Peters(1985), modified and supplemented by Kim Eun-joo(2016) was employed. Also the questionnaire, which had been designed by Lee Myung-joo(1984), modified and supplemented for childcare center by Yoo Seo-hee(2019) was employed to measure job satisfaction. In order to measure resilience of childcare teachers, KRQ-53, which had been Resilience Quotient Test developed by Reivich and Shatte(2002), modified and supplemented for Korean circumstances by Kim Ju-hwan(2011) was employed. For this research, Cronbach's α value, t-test, one-way analysis of variance and post hoc Scheffe were conducted as well as correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The study findings are as follows. First, the analysis regarding differences in demographic characteristics showed meaningful differences in terms of job satisfaction and resilience according to total experience and types of class, whereas it did not show meaningful statistical differences regarding age, types of certificate, academic background, and types of facility. This is presumably because 84%(191) of all the participants graduated from colleges (2,3 years and above), which led to standardized theoretical background and access to contents of diverse educational courses and effective programs. Second, childcare belief and job satisfaction of childcare teachers statistically showed a highly meaningful correlation, which has 79% of explanation power for job satisfaction, and a static influence. Childcare belief and resilience showed statistically a low meaningful correlation, which has 13% of explanation power for resilience, and childcare belief based on maturational theory alone had a static influence on resilience. This suggests that only a firm childcare belief of childcare teachers can be an important factor to enhance job satisfaction and resilience. Through this study, childcare teachers need to have a strong childcare belief as an expert in the childcare field, and to apply and reflect the belief on the childcare field properly to inspire a sense of mission and self-esteem as a teacher as well as to endeavor to improve job satisfaction and resilience. Therefore there is a necessity to implement education for teachers through childcare belief at the social, national level as well as daycare center level. Moreover, it has a significance in terms of developing education programs and basic materials for teaching method according to factors for childcare belief in order to increase job satisfaction and resilience.
Key words: Childcare Teacher, Childcare Belief, Job Satisfaction, Resilience