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The Effects of Kindergartens' Organizational Culture, Directors' Transformational Leadership and Teachers' Creative Personality on Kindergarten Teachers' Teaching Flow

유치원 교사의 교수몰입에 미치는 유치원의 조직문화, 원장의 변혁적 리더십 및 교사의 창의적 인성의 영향

  • Received : 2015.11.14
  • Accepted : 2015.12.15
  • Published : 2016.02.29
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among kindergartens' organizational culture, directors' transformational leadership, teachers' creative personality and teaching flow. The participants of this study were 289 kindergarten teachers in Busan. They completed the survey questionnaire composed of kindergartens' organizational culture scale, directors' transformational leadership scale, teachers' creative personality scale and teaching flow scale. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression. The results were as follows: First, there were significant relations among kindergartens' organizational culture, directors' transformational leadership, teachers' creative personality and teaching flow. Second, kindergartens' organizational culture, directors' transformational leadership and teachers' creative personality affected teaching flow of kindergarten teachers. From the findings, it can be suggested that kindergartens' organizational culture, directors' transformational leadership and teachers' creative personality are critical variables to improve teaching flow of kindergarten teachers.

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