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The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship between Motives for Selecting a Teaching Profession and Burnout of Early Childhood Teachers

유아교사의 교직선택동기와 소진의 관계에서 직무만족도의 매개효과

  • Lim, WonShin (Department of Child Welfare, Namseoul University) ;
  • Kim, SoHee (Department of Child Welfare, Graduate School of Namseoul University)
  • 임원신 (남서울대학교 아동복지학과) ;
  • 김소희 (남서울대학교 대학원 아동복지학과)
  • Received : 2016.12.21
  • Accepted : 2017.02.03
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the interrelationship among the motives for selecting a teaching profession, job satisfaction, and the burnout of preschool teachers. In particular, this study examined the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between their motives and burnout. Data were collected from a group of 200 kindergarten and daycare center teachers working in Seoul, Choongnam and Kyeonggi Provinces. Data analysis was conducted using the PASW Statistics 18.0. The results are as follows. First, there were correlations among their motives for occupational choice, job satisfaction, and burnout. Their motives for selecting a teaching profession and job satisfaction had an influence on their burnout. Second, job satisfaction had a mediating effect on the relationship between motives for selecting a teaching profession and burnout of preschool teachers. These results suggest that improvements of their job satisfaction would help alleviate their burnout and mediate the influence of motives for selecting a teaching profession.

본 연구는 유아교사의 교직선택동기, 직무만족도 및 소진의 관계를 알아보고, 교직선택동기가 소진에 미치는 영향에서 직무만족도가 가지는 매개효과를 살펴보는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 서울, 충남 및 경기 지역의 유치원과 어린이집 교사 252명을 대상으로 질문지를 배부하고 불성실한 응답 52부를 제외한 200부가 분석되었다. 수집된 자료는 PASW Statistics 18.0 프로그램을 통해 분석되었다. 연구의 신뢰도 분석을 위해 $Cronbach^{\prime}{\alpha}$수를 산출하였으며, 연구대상의 사회인구학적 특성을 알아보기 위해 기술통계를 실시하였다. 유아교사의 교직선택동기, 직무만족도 및 소진의 상관관계 분석을 위해 Pearson 적률상관분석을 실시하였으며, 매개효과 검증을 위해 단순회귀분석과 중다회귀분석을 실시하였다. 마지막으로 간접효과의 유의성을 검증하기 위해 Sobel test를 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 유아교사의 교직선택동기, 직무만족도 및 소진 간에는 유의한 상관관계가 있었으며, 유아교사의 교직선택동기와 직무만족도는 소진에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 교직선택동기가 소진에 영향을 미치는데 있어 직무만족이 이를 매개하는 것으로 분석되었다. 이는 유아교사의 직무만족 향상이 소진의 감소에 도움을 주며, 교직선택동기의 영향을 매개할 수 있음을 시사한다.

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