Influence of Director's Leadership on Teachers' Empowerment and Organizational Effectiveness in Early Childhood Educational Institutes

유아교육기관 원장의 리더십이 유아교사의 임파워먼트와 조직효과성에 미치는 영향

This study investigated the influence of director's leadership on teachers' empowerment and organizational effectiveness in early childhood educational institutes. The subjects in this study were 627 teachers who worked at kindergartens and childcare centers located in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The results showed that (1) transformational leadership had stronger effects on teacher empowerment than transactional leadership. (2) Directors' transformational leadership had meaningful effects on organizational commitment, but their transactional leadership didn't have effects on commitment. (3) Directors' transformational leadership had stronger effects on job satisfaction and job performance than transactional leadership.