Organizational Factors in Order to Support Information Sharing on Child and Family Support in Daycare Centers: From the Group Interviews at the Centers That Actively Provided Support for Families in Difficulty

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify organizational factors that support information sharing on child and family support in daycare centers. The group interviews were conducted with staff members at the centers that actively provided support for families in difficulty. The data were analyzed with qualitative data analysis. From the analysis, we derived 6 superordinate categories and 18 subcategories (superordinate categories are placed in quotation marks: “ ”). It was found that “active commitment of the director” contributed to “development of a system for communicating information” and “development of a system for communicating information” interacted with “penetration of the centers’ policy on child and family support” and “development of a positive organizational climate.” These organizational factors eventually led to “center-wide efforts to establish the system” and finally supported information sharing on child and family support. It was also suggested that “the competence of nursery staff” is not a supportive factor for information sharing, but that information sharing is fostered instead through “center-wide efforts to establish the system” and “active commitment of the director.”