보육교사의 유보통합 인식이 이직의도에 미치는 영향 및 직업정체성의 조절효과 - 자격증 취득경로를 중심으로 -

This study aimed to investigate the impact of the child care teachers’ perception of integration of early childhood education and child care on their turnover intention in the time when the integration was under discussion, and to validate the control effect of occupational identity in this regard. The study subjects were 312 child care teachers who worked for the child care centers in Chungnam and Chungbuk provinces. According to the acquisition paths of child care teacher’s license, they were divided by education centers of child care teacher and universities for the analysis. PASW Statistics 18.0 was used for the data analysis. The mixed research methods were applied to perform primary quantitative study followed by qualitative one. The results of this study are as follows. First, the group of child care teachers graduated from universities showed to be higher significantly in all the factors. Second, two groups showed differently in the factors to affect turnover intention. Third, the moderation effects of occupational identity was demonstrated differently by the groups in the relationship between the perception of integration of early childhood education and child care, and turnover intention. The moderating effects were appeared in understanding of perception of integration of early childhood education and child care in the group graduated from education center of child care teacher, and in understanding and needs of perception of integration of early childhood education and child care in the group graduated from universities. This study has the meanings to suggest the scheme decreasing and preventing turnover intention of the child care center teachers by mixed research methods, and the fundamental data minimizing the conflicts between the groups upon integration of early childhood education and child care and establishing more efficient way of integration.