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http://dx.doi.org/10.5934/kjhe.2014.23.4.587

The verification of path model on director's servant leadership and childcare center teacher's organizational citizenship behavior: Focused on teacher's organizational committment and cynicism  

Min, Ha-Young (Dept. of Child Studies, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Korean Journal of Human Ecology / v.23, no.4, 2014 , pp. 587-598 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study aimed to define the paths through which director's servant leadership, childcare center teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism affected teacher's organizational citizenship behavior and determined their effects. The subjects for this study were 545 teachers of the childcare centers located in Daegu and Kyoungbuk district. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 8.0. The results showed 1) The director's servant leadership, teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism influenced directly on organizational citizenship behavior. 2) The director's servant leadership influenced directly on teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism. 3) The director's servant leadership influenced indirectly on organizational citizenship behavior by teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism.
Keywords
servant leadership; childcare center teacher's organizational commitment; organizational cynicism; organizational citizenship behavior;
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