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Effect of Child Care Center Director's Work Stress and Servant Leadership on Burnout: The Moderating Role of Organizational Stewardship

어린이집 원장의 스트레스 및 서번트 리더십이 소진에 미치는 영향: 청지기 정신의 조절효과를 중심으로

  • Kim, Yu Mi (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Duksung Women's University) ;
  • Chung, Hana (Department of Child Studies, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 김유미 (덕성여자대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 정하나 (대구가톨릭대학교 아동학과)
  • Received : 2017.04.12
  • Accepted : 2017.12.07
  • Published : 2017.12.30
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Abstract

This study investigated the effect of a child care center directors' work stress and awareness of their servant leadership on burnout. The subjects of this study were 200 child care center directors in Incheon. They responded to 'Work Stress Scale', 'Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)', 'Servant Leadership Scale'. There were five subscales of Servant Leadership Scale (altruistic calling, emotional healing, wisdom, persuasive mapping, and organizational stewardship). Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's correlation and hierarchical regression. Moderating effects were examined using analysis procedures of Baron and Kenny. The major results were as follows. First, child care center directors' burnout and work stress were positively correlated. Child care center directors' burnout and awareness of their servant leadership (emotional healing, wisdom, persuasive mapping, and organizational stewardship) was negatively correlated. Second, child care center directors' work stress, emotional healing, persuasive mapping and organizational stewardship affected their burnout. This means that the work stress of child care center directors increases their burnout. However, the child care center director's servant leadership is a factor in reducing burnout. Third, child care center directors' work stress and organizational stewardship had an interaction effect on burnout. The results suggests that child care center directors' organizational stewardship needs to be considered as an important factor for decreasing their own burnout. We also discussed implications and suggestions for future research and policy makers.

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