유치원 교사의 의사결정참여도와 직무만족도의 관계

Abstract

This study was performed to understand the relation between job satisfaction and kindergarten teachers' participation in making decisions and investigate how their decision making affects on the subcategories in job satisfaction.

The questions of this study are as follows,

1. what do kindergarten teachers acknowledge their job satisfaction and participation in decision making? 2. are the job satisfaction and participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers related to each other? 3. how do the level of participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers affects on their job satisfaction?

The subjects of this study were randomly selected kindergarten teachers working at either public or private kindergartens in Pusan. The study was performed by volunteer-method of collecting sample data sending tested-questionnaires to each kindergarten teacher. The questionnaires were sent by mail and 460 were collected out of total 500. The data were anonymously treated, and 390 data were actually analyzed for this study except 70 of inappropriate data. The study used "Teachers Participation In Decision Making Method(TIPS-2)" to examine the participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers. The kindergarten satisfaction test made by Jorde-Bloom(1989) was used to examine their job satisfaction. The questionnaire consists of 75 questions including 25 questions about participation in decision making and 50 questions about job satisfaction, and the scale was 0 to 5. The analysis was performed using SPSS 15.0 program calculating mean, sample standard deviation, and correlation coefficient. It was also examined by successive multiple regression analysis. The results of this study are as follow,

First, the participation in decision making of teachers was mostly focused on administration of educational curriculum and its direction, not in determination of budget and distribution of teachers in classroom or other facilities. The result proved that the participation in decision making of teachers was limited in administration of educational curriculum and its direction. The highest satisfaction in their job was the relationship among co-workers, and second-highest were their job itself and the relationship with principal of kindergarten. Second, after calculating the relation among each estimated variable to understand the relation between the participation in decision making and job satisfaction of kindergarten teachers, there were a meaningful relations between them including most of their subcategories. Third, after processing successive multiple regression analysis about job satisfaction by its subcategories with the participation in decision making, the relationship among co-workers affected on administration of educational curriculum and its direction but not on determination of budget and distribution of teachers in classroom or other facilities. And after investigating the effects of participation in decision making on the satisfaction with the job itself, it affected on the sequence of administration of educational curriculum and its direction and determination of budget and distribution of teachers in classroom or other facilities. However, there was no correlation between the relationship with principal of kindergarten and determination of budget and distribution of teachers in classroom or other facilities. Therefore, the result proved that mostly the participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers affects on administration of educational curriculum and its direction. The results of this study are as follow,

First, there is a difference in the participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers depends on its subcategories. Second, there was a relatively meaningful correlation between the participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers and their job satisfaction. Third, The most affected factor in job satisfaction influenced by the participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers was administration of educational direction. In the subcategories of job satisfaction affected by participation in decision making of kindergarten teachers, the relatioship among co-workers mostly affected on administration of educational curriculum, the relationship with principal of kindergarten on administration of educational direction, and the job itself on administration of educational curriculum. Forth, it is necessary to perform not only a quantitative analysis using questionnaires but also a qualitative analysis through observation or interview to understand the relation between the participation in decision making and job satisfaction of kindergarten teachers. It is also necessary to perform similar studies for elementary, middle, and high school teachers in order to compare various data set.