Feng Baoan, Dou Gaojie, Zhan Xiaoqian
College of Teacher Education, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China.
College of Business, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 18;16:1588482. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588482. eCollection 2025.
Empirical evidence examining factors influencing turnover intention among early childhood educators remains scarce, especially research on negative workplace gossip as the influencing factor. To address these shortcomings, this study empirically analyzed whether and how negative workplace gossip, psychological safety, and organizational identification affect kindergarten teachers' turnover intention based on the Chinese cultural background.
A cross-sectional research design was adopted. Self-reported questionnaire data were randomly collected from 1,872 Chinese kindergarten teachers through an online platform. The questionnaire included perceived negative workplace gossip scale, psychological safety scale, organizational identification scale, intent to leave scale, and demographic variables. A moderated mediation model linking negative workplace gossip, psychological safety, organizational identification, and turnover intention was tested using these data.
The study found that there was an association between negative workplace gossip and the turnover intention of kindergarten teachers. Psychological safety played a mediating role in this relationship, that is, negative workplace gossip influenced teachers' turnover intention by reducing their psychological safety. Meanwhile, organizational identification moderated the relationship between psychological safety and turnover intention. A higher level of organizational identification could weaken the negative impact of psychological safety on turnover intention.
Kindergarten principals should take various measures to prevent the disorderly development of negative workplace gossip and enhance the psychological safety and organizational identification of kindergarten teachers, which are crucial for reducing the turnover intention of kindergarten teachers.
考察影响幼儿教育工作者离职意愿因素的实证证据仍然稀缺，尤其是关于负面职场八卦作为影响因素的研究。为弥补这些不足，本研究基于中国文化背景，实证分析了负面职场八卦、心理安全感和组织认同是否以及如何影响幼儿园教师的离职意愿。
采用横断面研究设计。通过在线平台从1872名中国幼儿园教师中随机收集自陈式问卷数据。问卷包括感知到的负面职场八卦量表、心理安全感量表、组织认同量表、离职意愿量表和人口统计学变量。使用这些数据检验了一个连接负面职场八卦、心理安全感、组织认同和离职意愿的调节中介模型。
研究发现负面职场八卦与幼儿园教师的离职意愿之间存在关联。心理安全感在这种关系中起中介作用，即负面职场八卦通过降低教师的心理安全感来影响其离职意愿。同时，组织认同调节了心理安全感与离职意愿之间的关系。较高水平的组织认同可以削弱心理安全感对离职意愿的负面影响。
幼儿园园长应采取各种措施防止负面职场八卦的无序发展，增强幼儿园教师的心理安全感和组织认同，这对于降低幼儿园教师的离职意愿至关重要。
