Liu Li, Yang Chuan, Huang Dawei
Institute of Education, Yibin University, Yibin, China.
Institute of Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Jan 11;11:586943. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586943. eCollection 2020.
Given the current shortage of kindergarten teachers, this study examines the relationship between empowering leadership and job satisfaction among kindergarten teachers in China from the perspective of their job characteristics and the Chinese cultural context. The participants were 557 Chinese kindergarten female teachers whose average number of years of experience was 2.82 ( = 3.02). They completed a self-report survey regarding empowering leadership, vigor, affective commitment, and job satisfaction. The study results show that vigor and affective commitment could mediate the relationship between empowering leadership and job satisfaction. Finally, we discuss the findings of this study in depth. At the same time, we suggest that administrators should focus on the empowering leadership of Chinese kindergarten teachers, strive to increase their level of dynamism, and finally, strengthen the emotional connection between the organization and the Chinese kindergarten teachers. Thus, we suggest that educational administrators should empower kindergarten teachers more, rather than allowing them to be mere enforcers. In addition, how to enhance the individual dynamics of early childhood teachers and their emotional connection to the organization may also be something for educational administrators to consider.
鉴于当前幼儿园教师短缺的情况,本研究从工作特征和中国文化背景的角度,考察了中国幼儿园教师中赋能型领导与工作满意度之间的关系。研究参与者为557名中国幼儿园女教师,她们的平均工作年限为2.82年(标准差=3.02)。她们完成了一份关于赋能型领导、活力、情感承诺和工作满意度的自我报告调查。研究结果表明,活力和情感承诺能够调节赋能型领导与工作满意度之间的关系。最后,我们深入讨论了本研究的结果。同时,我们建议管理人员应关注中国幼儿园教师的赋能型领导,努力提高他们的活力水平,并最终加强组织与中国幼儿园教师之间的情感联系。因此,我们建议教育管理人员应更多地赋予幼儿园教师权力,而不是让他们仅仅成为执行者。此外,如何提高幼儿教师的个人活力以及他们与组织的情感联系,也可能是教育管理人员需要考虑的问题。