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http://dx.doi.org/10.5934/KJHE.2012.21.6.1095

Pathways to Job Satisfaction of Local Officials in the Child Care Sector  

Shin, Nary (Dept. of Child Welfare, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Jihyun (Dept. of Child Studies and Education, Hanyang Cyber University)
Min, Sunghye (Dept. of Child Care and Welfare, The CyberUniversity of Korea)
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Korean Journal of Human Ecology / v.21, no.6, 2012 , pp. 1095-1110 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine pathways between job characteristics and job satisfaction among local officials in the child care sector. Participants of this study comprised of 128 local officials who worked in the child care sectors. Structural equation modeling was used to test the direct and indirect effects of job characteristics on job satisfaction through job stress and job burnout. Results confirmed the initial model that assumed there would be an indirect effect of job characteristics based on job satisfaction. The path involving three variables of job characteristics, however, were not statistically significant. The initial model was modified by removing the job characteristics variables. The modified model that confirmed the initial model showed that job stress of local officials in the child care sector was likely to increase job burnout; in turn, the job burnout tended to decrease job satisfaction.
Keywords
local officials in the child care sector; job satisfaction; job stress; job burnout;
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