Early Childhood Teachers' Work Environment, Perceived Personal Stress, and Professional Commitment in South Korea.
Sooyeon ByunLieny JeonPublished in: Child & youth care forum (2022)
The current findings emphasize the importance of teachers' experiences around having a satisfactory work environment and personal stress, either job-related or not, to retain teachers in ECE settings long-term. Program and policy level support to promote teachers' well-being in their personal lives as well as professional lives may be critical to improve teachers' professional commitment.