어린이집 초임교사의 직장 내 괴롭힘과 소진 및 직무성과 간의 구조 관계 분석 : 긍정심리자본과 조직냉소주의의 매개효과를 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effect of teachers’ positive psychological capital and organizational cynicism in the process of affecting teachers’ burnout and job performance by the workplace bullying experience of beginning teachers at daycare centers. To this end, after randomly sampling daycare centers according to the proportion of daycare centers nationwide, 442 beginning teachers working at the daycare center were selected as subjects for the study. Data were collected through an Internet survey from June 5 to July 7, 2023, and verified through structural equation model analysis. As a result of the study, first, it was found that workplace bullying of beginning teachers at daycare centers had a significant effect on burnout, job performance, positive psychological capital, and organizational cynicism, and positive psychological capital and organizational cynicism had a direct effect on teachers’ burnout and job performance. Second, the teachers’ positive psychological capital and organizational cynicism were partially mediated in the process of affecting the teacher’s burnout and job performance by the workplace bullying experience of beginning teachers at daycare centers. These results show the negative effect of workplace bullying experience of beginning daycare at dayare centers on burnout and job performance. In order to manage this, this study suggests that it is necessary to find ways to improve teachers’ positive psychological capital and reduce organizational cynicism.