Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the structural
relations among kindergartens director’s servant leadership, ego resilience and
organizational commitment of kindergarten teachers.
Methods: The subjects in this study were 387 kindergarten teachers working in
B city. A director’s servant leadership, kindergarten teacher’s ego resilience and
organizational commitment were assessed by a teacher-reported questionnaire. The
collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product-moment
correlation, and a structural equation model using the Bootstrapping method.
Results: First, there were significant relationships among the variables analyzed
in this research, namely, a director’s servant leadership, kindergarten teacher’s
ego resilience and organizational commitment. Second, Teacher’s ego resilience
partially mediated the effect of a director’s servant leadership upon kindergarten
teacher’organizational commitment.
Conclusion/Implications: Results suggest the importance of a director’s role in
the context of improving kindergarten teacher’s ego resilience and organizational
commitment.