포항지역에 위치한 국·공립 민간 보육기관 보육교사의 직무만족도 조사

Abstract

The research was conducted on job satisfaction in childcare teachers at national, public, and private childcare centers in Pohang by using a self-administered questionnaire from June to August 2019, and 342 copies were finally analyzed. An SPSS 25.0 Version program was used to perform t-test and ANOVA for variation in job satisfaction by the general characteristics and multiple regression analysis for the effects of its sub-factors on job satisfaction. As for the variation in job satisfaction by the general characteristics, women were more satisfied with their job than men, those in their fifties scored lowest for the work environment, and those aged <25 scored lowest for wage. The shorter working career and the lower wage, the lower level of job satisfaction: for job, those with 10-14 years of career scored 3.59 and those with ≤3 years of career scored 3.28; for wage, those with 10-14 years of career scored 3.67 and those with ≤3 years of career scored 3.24. For social recognition, those with 10-14 years of career scored 3.93, which was highest, and those with ≥20 years of career scored 3.12, which was lowest. The teachers at national and public kindergartens were more satisfied with their work environment and wage than those at private nurseries and kindergartens: the teachers at national and public kindergartens scored 4.03 for the work environment and scored higher for wage than those at private kindergartens (3.86 and 3.33, respectively). As for the effects of the work environment, wage and social recognition on job, the better work environment, wage, and social recognition, the higher level of job satisfaction, with social recognition most strongly affecting job. The better job, wage, and social recognition, the better work environment, with wage most strongly affecting the work environment. Job, the work environment, and social recognition significantly positively affected wage, with the work environment most strongly affecting wage. The better job, work environment, and wage, the better social recognition, with job most strongly affecting social recognition. The results of the research on job satisfaction in childcare teachers suggest the need to make a plan for making national policies and presenting an improvement direction by increasing high-quality administrative support for the work environment so that childcare teachers can become more satisfied with their job, which leads to higher quality of childcare.