지각된 원장의 서번트 리더십이 교사-유아 관계 효능감을 매개로 직무열의에 미치는 영향

The Mediating Effect of Teacher Self-Efficacy for Positive Teacher-Child Relationships on the Relationship between Perceived Supervisor s Servant Leadership and Work Engagement

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of perceived supervisor s servant leadership and teacher self-efficacy for positive teacher-child relationships on work engagement using the path model. Methods: The subjects were 210 teachers working at childcare centers in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province. Questionnaires were used to investigate perceived supervisor s servant leadership, teacher self-efficacy for positive teacher-child relationships, and work engagement. The collected data were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling(SEM), Bootstrapping, Pearson rrelation, AMOS 20.0, and SPSS 21.0. Results: First, supervisor s servant leadership had a positive influence on teacher self-efficacy for positive teacher-child relationships. Second, teacher self-efficacy for positive teacher-child relationships had a positive influence on work engagement. Third, supervisor s servant leadership had a positive influence on teacher s work engagement. Fourth, supervisor s servant leadership had an indirect effect on teacher s work engagement by teacher self-efficacy for positive teacher-child relationships. Conclusion/Implications: The results mean teacher self-efficacy for positive teacher-child relationships had more influence on teacher s work engagement. Therefore, it is more useful to promote teacher self-efficacy for positive positive teacher-child relationships in order to strengthen teacher s work engagement.