KMID : 0613620130330020326
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Health Social Welfare Review 2013 Volume.33 No. 2 p.326 ~ p.365
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The Impact of Job Satisfaction on Turnover Intention Among Childcare Teachers: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Exhaustion and Organizational Commitment
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Kim Kyung-Ho
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Abstract
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the causal relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention among childcare teachers, to test the mediating effects of emotional exhaustion and organizational commitment, and to draw out theoretical and practical implications in terms of reducing the level of childcare teachers¡¯ turnover intention. A convenient sampling was taken of childcare teachers in G Metropolitan City. A total of 328 questionnaires were used in the statistical analyses. A proposed structural model to childcare teachers¡¯ turnover intention had also been identified to have a structural explanation for the aforementioned relationships. The results of the study were as follows. First, job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, organizational commitment could have a significant effect on turnover intention respectively. Second, job satisfaction could have a significant effect on both emotional exhaustion and organizational commitment respectively. Third, emotional exhaustion and organizational commitment could be a mediating variable between job satisfaction and turnover intention respectively. Finally, theoretical and practical implications were also discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Childcare Teachers, Job Satisfaction, Emotional Exhaustion, Organizational Commitment, Turnover Intention
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