School Culture and Teacher Job Satisfaction in Early Childhood Education in China: The Mediating Role of Teaching Autonomy

Autor/inn/en	Xia, Jing; Wang, Mo; Zhang, Shiya
Titel	School Culture and Teacher Job Satisfaction in Early Childhood Education in China: The Mediating Role of Teaching Autonomy
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 24 (2023) 1, S.101-111 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Mo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-021-09734-5
Schlagwörter	School Culture; Job Satisfaction; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Faculty Mobility; Teacher Persistence; Professional Autonomy; Preschool Curriculum; Correlation; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulkultur; Schulleben; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lehrerverhalten; Berufsfreiheit; Korrelation; Ausland
Abstract	Job satisfaction among teachers is important for their motivation to effect changes. However, in China, job satisfaction in early childhood education is a pressing issue, which leads to high attrition rates among preschool teachers. Thus, this study examined the role of school culture regarding job satisfaction and teaching autonomy among teachers as a potential mediator of this relationship in the preschool settings in China. Using survey data from 597 participants and by conducting structural equation modeling, this study found that school culture exerted a direct and significant impact on job satisfaction among teachers, whereas curriculum autonomy mediated the relationships in this regard. The results indicate the need for additional in-depth studies of the job satisfaction of preschool teachers in China, which exhibits a hierarchical structure. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01