The purpose of this study was to identify the influences which were child care
center infant teacher's coaching competency, director management competency,
institutional resources, and parent expectation and participation that have on
infant-teacher relationships. The subjects in this study were 379 infant teachers
working in child care centers across the country. A director management
competency questionnaire, institutional resources questionnaire, parent expectation
and participation questionnaire, infant-teacher relationships questionnaire, and
coaching competency questionnaire were used for this study. For the research
analysis, frequency, Cronbach's α coefficient, and Pearson's correlation were
calculated and regression analysis were conducted. The results are as follows.
Firstly, the influence of director management competency on infant-teacher
relationships is completely mediated through infant teacher's coaching
competency. Secondly, the influence of institutional resources on infant-teacher
relationships is completely mediated through infant teacher's coaching
competency. Thirdly, the influence of parent expectation and participation on
infant-teacher relationships is completely mediated through infant teacher's
coaching competency.