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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.2.559

The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship between Motives for Selecting a Teaching Profession and Burnout of Early Childhood Teachers  

Lim, WonShin (Department of Child Welfare, Namseoul University)
Kim, SoHee (Department of Child Welfare, Graduate School of Namseoul University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.2, 2017 , pp. 559-567 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the interrelationship among the motives for selecting a teaching profession, job satisfaction, and the burnout of preschool teachers. In particular, this study examined the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between their motives and burnout. Data were collected from a group of 200 kindergarten and daycare center teachers working in Seoul, Choongnam and Kyeonggi Provinces. Data analysis was conducted using the PASW Statistics 18.0. The results are as follows. First, there were correlations among their motives for occupational choice, job satisfaction, and burnout. Their motives for selecting a teaching profession and job satisfaction had an influence on their burnout. Second, job satisfaction had a mediating effect on the relationship between motives for selecting a teaching profession and burnout of preschool teachers. These results suggest that improvements of their job satisfaction would help alleviate their burnout and mediate the influence of motives for selecting a teaching profession.
Keywords
Burnout; Early childhood education; Early childhood teacher; Job satisfaction; Motives for selecting a teaching profession;
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