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Teacher's commitment and engagement is thought to be a critical factor in the success of
education. It has affects not only on teachers' work performance, absenteeism, burnout and turnover, but also on students' achievement in, and attitudes in school. Such commitment and engagement is reasonably dependent on the extent to which the teacher feels satisfied with life in the family and in the school. This study investigates the effect of the teacher's perceived quality of life at home and school upon his professional commitment to instruction, pupils, and the school. Drawing on preceding studies a causal model was developed to link a series of relevant categories of variables. In orther to empirically test the proposed model a questionnaire survey involving 322 primary school teachers who had been married and working in Gyoung-gi province were analysed. Significant findings were established. First, there was a strong positive correlation between the teacher's quality of life at home and work and his professional commitment. Second, there was a considerable amount of positive influence exerted by the teacher's quality of life at home and work upon his professional commitment. The satisfaction with daily life at home, along with the satisfaction with interpersonal relations at school, in particular, was revealed to have t more influence. Third, the causal links between the variables in the proposed model were corroborated, since the model was aptly validated by the relevant checking procedure. This study is pioneering in a sense that it attempted to draw out and test a causal model of the relation between the quality of the teacher's home- and school-life and his commitment to the teaching profession. Further study to reconfirm and build on the model is recommended; not only the causes but also the outcomes of the teacher's professional commitment need to be addressed extensively.

한국어

본 연구는 교사의 학교 및 가정생활의 삶의 질과 교사들의 수업, 학생, 학교조직과의 인과관계를 규명해 보는 데 연구의 목적을 두었다. 이를 위해 경기지역에 근무하는 결혼한 초등학교교사 322명을 대상으로 실시한 설문조사를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 도출하였다. 첫째, 교사의 가정생활의 질과 직장생활의 질은 교사 헌신과 매우 의의 있는 정적 상관관계가 나타났다.
둘째, 가정 및 직장생활의 질이 교사 헌신에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 가정생활의 생활만족도 변인, 직장생활의 대인관계만족도 변인이 상대적으로 영향을 더 많이 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 이론적 배경을 통해 제안된 본 연구모형의 적합도 지수가 대부분 양호한 수준으로 나타나 연구변인간의 인과관계가 형성되었다. 본 연구는 교사의 가정 및 직장생활의 질이 교사 헌신과의 인과관계를 실증적으로 분석한 초기의 연구이다. 이에 개척자적 의의가 있다. 후속연구에서는 교사 헌신ㆍ몰입에 영향을 미치는 요인, 헌신ㆍ몰입 정도, 그리고 헌신ㆍ몰입의 결과 변인 간의 인과관계를 보다 종합적으로 검증할 필요성이 있을 것이다.