Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of child care
teachers' happiness and social support on job performance.
Methods: The subjects were 380 teachers employed in child care centers and
kindergartens in Gyeonggi Province. Self-report questionnaires were used to investigate
teachers' happiness, social support and job performance. The data were
analyzed by frequency, percent, Pearson's correlation and stepwise regression
with the SPSS program.
Results: The results of this study were as follow. First, teachers’ job performance
was positively associated with teachers' happiness. The highest correlation
sub-variable was purpose in life. Next were personal growth, self-acceptance, environmental
mastery and autonomy. And the last was positive relationships with
others. Teachers' job performance was positively associated with teachers' social
support. The highest correlation sub-variable was evaluative support. Next were
affective support and material support. And the last was informative support.
Second, teachers' happiness and social support affected job performance.
Evaluative support, which was a sub-variable of social support, affected job
satisfaction. And personal growth, purpose in life, and self-acceptance, which
were sub-variables of happiness, affected job satisfaction.
Conclusion: This study revealed that teacher's happiness and social support
were important factors for teachers job performance.