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Challenge job demands and job resources to university teacher well-being

The Mediation of Teacher Efficacy

Bibliographic Data

ID4098045
AuthorsJiying Han (0000-0002-8916-7821, Shandong University), Hubin Yin (0000-0001-5424-587X, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, People’s Republic of China, corresponding author), Junju Wang (0000-0001-8231-8546, Shandong University), Yun Bai (0000-0001-7770-1049, Shandong University)
Year2020
Volume45
Issue8
Pages1771-1785
Publication date2020-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2019.1594180
OpenAlexW2921203584
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited49

This study investigated the associations between challenge job demands, job resources, emotional exhaustion and work engagement, and examined the mediation effect of teacher efficacy as a personal resource in the job demands-resources model. The results of a questionnaire survey of 2758 university teachers from 25 universities in mainland China indicated that challenge job demands were positively related to emotional exhaustion and negatively related to work engagement. Job resources were positively related to work engagement and negatively related to emotional exhaustion. Teacher efficacy mediated the effect of challenge job demands and job resources on work engagement. These results have implications for understanding different types of job demands and improving university teachers’ well-being, and these implications are identified in this paper

Higher education · Job attitude · Job performance · Job satisfaction · Mediation · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Professional Development and Motivation · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being

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