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http://dx.doi.org/10.7466/JKHMA.2012.30.3.059

The Influence of the Resilience on the Organizational Commitment of Kindergarten and Childcare Teachers : Social Support as a Mediating Variable  

Lee, Jae-Young (Dept. of Child, DaeGu Catholic Univ.)
Cho, Syeong-Ja (Dept. of Child, DaeGu Catholic Univ.)
Min, Ha-Yeoung (Dept. of Child, DaeGu Catholic Univ.)
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Journal of Families and Better Life / v.30, no.3, 2012 , pp. 59-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigate the influence of resilience on organizational commitment using social support as a mediating variable for kindergarten and childcare teathers. The subjects were 630 kindergarten and childcare teathers. The collected data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation as well as single and multiple regressions that used SPSS Win 19.0. The results were as follows: (1) The resilience was significantly associated with organizational commitment of kindergarten and childcare teachers. (2) The resilience was significantly associated with social support of kindergarten and childcare teachers. (3) The resilience was not significantly associated with organizational commitment of kindergarten and childcare teachers, controlled by social support. The results showed the social support was more important variable affecting organizational commitment of kindergarten and childcare teachers than the resilience. As a result, teachers have to be strengthened for support of social emotion that helps to control of their emotional condition and social evaluation that estimates their role positive under administration system.
Keywords
organizational commitment; resilience; social support;
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