Unravelling Teacher Job Satisfaction: The Contribution of Collective Efficacy and Emotions Towards Professional Role
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Teachers’ Job Satisfaction
1.2. Teachers’ Efficacy Beliefs and Their Effect on Job Satisfaction
1.3. Teachers’ Incremental Beliefs and Their Effect on Job Satisfaction
1.4. Teachers’ Emotions and Hedonic Balance
1.5. The Present Study
1.6. We Set Two Hypotheses:
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Analyses Plan
2.4. Data Analyses and Results
3. Discussion
3.1. The Effect of Collective Efficacy Beliefs on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction
3.2. The Effect of Hedonic Balance on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction
3.3. Limitations
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | Job Satisfaction | Self-Efficacy | Incremental Beliefs | HB-Students | Collective Efficacy | HB-Professional Role | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Job Satisfaction | 4.294 | 1.197 | _ | |||||
Self-Efficacy | 7.250 | 0.985 | 0.161 ** | _ | ||||
Incremental beliefs | 6.820 | 1.638 | 0.158 ** | 0.201 ** | _ | |||
HB-Students | 1.877 | 0.984 | 0.187 ** | 0.460 ** | 0.271 ** | _ | ||
Collective Efficacy | 39.032 | 12.673 | 0.505 ** | 0.193 ** | 0.197 ** | 0.345 ** | _ | |
HB-Professional Role | 1.560 | 1.153 | 0.325 ** | 0.362 ** | 0.219 ** | 0.764 ** | 0.477 ** | _ |
Variables | ΔR2 | ΔF | β | t | β | t |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Step 1 | 0.053 | 5.113 *** | ||||
Self-efficacy | 0.084 | 1.268 | 0.067 | 1.151 | ||
Incremental beliefs | 0.109 | 1.783 | 0.059 | 1.088 | ||
HB-Students | 0.119 | 1.753 | −0.171 * | −2.024 | ||
Step 2 | 0.225 | 42.422 *** | ||||
Collective Efficacy | 0.440 *** | 7.450 | ||||
HB-Professional Role | 0.209 * | 2.448 | ||||
R2 | 0.053 | 0.278 |
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Buonomo, I.; Fiorilli, C.; Benevene, P. Unravelling Teacher Job Satisfaction: The Contribution of Collective Efficacy and Emotions Towards Professional Role. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 736. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030736
Buonomo I, Fiorilli C, Benevene P. Unravelling Teacher Job Satisfaction: The Contribution of Collective Efficacy and Emotions Towards Professional Role. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(3):736. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030736
Chicago/Turabian StyleBuonomo, Ilaria, Caterina Fiorilli, and Paula Benevene. 2020. "Unravelling Teacher Job Satisfaction: The Contribution of Collective Efficacy and Emotions Towards Professional Role" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 3: 736. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030736