The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction of daycare teachers on their happiness. It's specifically meant to analyze the relationship of their happiness to their emotional ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction of daycare teachers on their happiness. It's specifically meant to analyze the relationship of their happiness to their emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction and the mutual predictability of their happiness, emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction.
Three research questions were posed:
1. What is the awareness of daycare teachers about their own happiness, emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction?
2. What is the relationship of the happiness of daycare teachers to their emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction?
3. What is the relative influence of the emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction of daycare teachers on their happiness?
The subjects in this study were 200 teachers who were selected by random sampling from daycare teachers located in Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province. After a survey was conducted, the answer sheets from 169 respondents were analyzed among the collected ones.
The instrument used in this study was questionnaire of the happiness, emotional intelligence, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction of daycare teachers, which was prepared by this researcher based on earlier studies. The questionnaire consisted of 21 items about happiness, 36 about emotional intelligence, 25 about teacher efficacy and 40 about job satisfaction.
The collected data were analyzed by the statistical package PASW WIN 18.0, and descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were utilized.
The findings of the study were as follows:
First, the happiness(M=3.58), emotional intelligence(M=3.38), teacher efficacy(M=3.38) and job satisfaction(M=3.35) scores of the daycare teachers were all above average(M=3).
Second, as a result of checking the correlation between the happiness and emotional intelligence of the daycare teachers, there was a positive correlation between the two. According to the results of the multiple regression analysis, the emotional intelligence of the daycare teachers exerted an influence on their happiness.
Third, as a result of checking the correlation between the happiness and teacher efficacy of the daycare teachers, there was a positive relationship between their total happiness scores and total teacher efficacy scores. Among the subfactors, however, some of the two factors had no statistically significant correlation to each other.
Fourth, as a result of checking the correlation between the happiness and job satisfaction of the daycare teachers, there was a positive relationship between the two. According to the results of the multiple regression analysis, their job satisfaction exerted an influence on their happiness.