The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the emotional leadership of principals and
organizational culture perceived by daycare center teachers on their job satisfaction. The subjects
were 366 teachers who worked in daycare centers. The findings of the study were as follows: First,
the teachers considered the level of the principals' emotional leadership to be above average. The
largest group of the teachers viewed the organizational culture of the daycare centers as a collective
culture, followed by an innovative culture, a hierarchical culture and a rational culture. Finally, the
teachers considered the level of their job satisfaction as above average. They were especially more
satisfied with welfare benefits and pay, and they were relatively less satisfied with working environ
ments. Second, emotional leadership of the principals and organizational culture perceived by dayca
re center teachers were positively correlated with their overall job satisfaction. Third, as a result of
analyzing the effects of the emotional leadership of the principals and organizational culture perceiv
ed by daycare center teachers on their overall job satisfaction, principals' social capabilities were fou
nd to be most influential, followed by the collective culture and the innovative culture which were
the sub-factors of organizational culture.