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http://dx.doi.org/10.5934/kjhe.2013.22.6.547

The Relationship between Directors' Servant Leadership and Teachers' Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediation Effect of Teachers' Psychological Empowerment in Childcare Centers  

Yang, Hui Jeong (Dept. of Child Studies, Catholic University of Daegu)
Min, Ha Yeoung (Dept. of Child Studies, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Korean Journal of Human Ecology / v.22, no.6, 2013 , pp. 547-557 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between directors' servant leadership, teachers' organizational citizenship behavior and psychological empowerment in childcare centers. The subjects were 479 teachers employed in childcare centers in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province. Questionnaires, which required self-report by teachers, were used to investigate directors' servant leadership, teachers' organizational citizenship behavior and psychological empowerment. The collected data were analyzed by mean of Pearson's correlation, simple regression, hierarchial regression, by the use of SPSS Win 19.0. The results of our study was as follows. First, directors' servant leadership had a direct effect on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior. Second, teachers' psychological empowerment had a direct effect on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior. Third, directors' servant leadership had an indirect effect on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior mediated by teachers' psychological empowerment. Therefore, teachers' psychological empowerment partially mediated the relationship between directors' servant leadership and teachers' organizational citizenship behavior.
Keywords
directors' servant leadership; teachers' psychological empowerment; teachers' organizational citizenship behavior in childcare centers;
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