Naslov
Teachers' work orientations and well/being> the mediating role of work meaningfulness and ocupational identity

Autori
Miljković, Dubravka ; Jurčec, Lana ; Rijavec, Majda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
International conference 10th days of applied psychology 2014

Mjesto i datum
Niš, Srbija, 26.09.2014. - 27.09.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
work orientations; work meaningfulness; occupational identity; well-being

Sažetak
The field of primary education is very demanding and teachers often experience high levels of job stress. Obviously there must be motivating factors that lie behind choosing and staying in teaching career and research in work orientations can provide some insights into these factors. Following this line of thought the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between teachers’ work orientations (job, career and calling orientation) and well-being (life satisfaction, flourishing and job satisfaction), with possible mediating effects of work meaningfulness and occupational identity. The following measures were administered to 249 primary school teachers in Zagreb region: Work-life questionnaire (Wrzesniewski et al., 1997), Work Meaningfulness scale (Bunderson and Thompson, 2009), Occupational Identification scale (Mael and Ashforth, 1992), Flourishing Scale – FS (Diener, et al. 2009), The Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985) with addition of one-item assessment of job satisfaction. The structural equations modeling was used to analyze data.The results suggested that calling orientation was directly positively and job orientation directly negatively linked to well-being. Career orientation was not directly linked to well-being. In addition to that, mediation analysis performed with bootstrapping method, showed that meaningfulness of work and occupational identity were significant mediators between work orientations and well-being. Relationship between calling orientation and well-being was completely mediated by aforementioned variables, while relationship between job orientation and well-being was partially mediated. It was concluded that calling orientation can lead to higher levels of work meaningfulness and occupational identity which in turn positively affects well-being. On the other hand, job orientation (work as a mean of financial security) leads to lower levels of work meaningfulness and occupational identity, and consequently to lower levels of well-being.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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