2023 Volume 74 Issue 5 Pages 242-253
This study aimed to clarify how central office supervisors of childcare center management companies perceive their own roles and the current situation surrounding childcare. Based on a category analysis using a grounded theory approach to the narratives of 15 central office supervisors, it was found that (1) corporations operating on a large scale tend to produce their training program in-house and have adequate human resources to do so, (2) corporations, due to their organizational nature, lack stability in the operation of childcare centers, and (3) the benefits corporations enjoy may be incompatible with those enjoyed by local communities.
