The Relationship of Teachers’ Work Engagement with Organizational and Personal Variables: A Multiple Mediator Model
Author(s) -
Hasan Kavgacı,
Temel ÇALIK
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
educational administration theory and practice journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2148-2403
pISSN - 1300-4832
DOI - 10.14527/kuey.2017.008
Subject(s) - mediator , work engagement , employee engagement , psychology , work (physics) , knowledge management , social psychology , computer science , political science , public relations , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between primary school teachers’ work engagement and personal and organizational variables. The study was designed as a relational model. Data were gathered from 810 teachers employed in primary education institutions in Ankara in 2012-2013 education year. Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Leader-Member Exchange Scale, Teacher Autonomy Scale, Brief Resilient Coping Scale, and Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale were used as data collection tools. Findings showed that personal (resilience and self-efficacy) and organizational (leader-member exchange and autonomy) variables were significantly related to work engagement. Personal and organizational variables have a positive and significant effect on work engagement. Moreover, personal variables partially mediating the relationship between organizational variables and work engagement.
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