This study was conducted to investigate the influence of social support perceived by childcare
teachers on the happiness and emotional intelligence. The subjects of this study were 286 childcare
teachers working at childcare centers located in G metropolitan city. In the results, the social support
perceived by childcare teachers was found to be in the order of informational, emotional, evaluative,
and material support, and the childcare teacher's happiness was shown to be in the order of positive
happiness and negative happiness. The influence of social support perceived by the childcare teacher
on the happiness was found to have a significant influence in all domains, and especially, in the
whole domain of happiness, the evaluative support and the positive happiness were influenced by the
material support. The influence of social support perceived by childcare teachers on emotional
intelligence was shown to have a significant influence in all domains, especially influenced by the
information support and evaluation support, sub‐factors of emotional intelligence. In conclusion, the
social support perceived by childcare teachers not only makes the teacher feel happy, but also
influences the emotional intelligence positively, thereby enhancing the quality of job performance and
organization. This suggests that concrete and practical programs are needed to improve the happiness
and emotional intelligence of childcare teachers.