Socio-Demographic Variables of Work Engagement, Psychological Capital and Turnover Intention among South African Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyamthanda Wendy Mvana ◽  
Larisa Louw
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
South African ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Teachers

This study sought to empirically assess whether the socio-demographic variables (age, race, gender, marital status, educational level, years employed, employment status, and home language) of teachers predict their work engagement, psychological capital and turnover intention. A quantitative study was conducted using a non-probability, convenience sampling method on teachers working in the Tshwane South District in Gauteng, South Africa (N = 208). Biographical data were collected. Questionnaires of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the Turnover Intention Scale, and Psychological Capital were used in the data collection. The results showed that education qualifications, race, tenure, and the age of high school teachers contribute when explaining their work engagement, psychological capital and turnover intention. The sample was predominantly characterised by African teachers, resulting in the under-representation of other races, and the size of the sample was not large enough to generalise the findings. These findings add valuable knowledge to the body of research and provide new insights that are aimed at enhancing the retention of high school teachers in underdeveloped countries. It is recommended that future research obtain a larger and a more representative sample to increase external validity.

scholarly journals The effects of job crafting on subjective well-being amongst South African high school teachers

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Peral ◽  
Madelyn Geldenhuys
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
South African ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Psychological Meaningfulness ◽  
The Relationship

Orientation: Job crafting can result in a number of positive outcomes for teachers, such as increased meaningfulness and engagement at work. Increased work engagement and psychological meaningfulness may yield positive benefits for the practice of teaching, thus highlighting the pivotal role of job crafting.Research purpose: The study’s aim was to investigate the relationship between job crafting and subjective well-being amongst South African high school teachers. Subjective well-being comprises psychological meaningfulness and work engagement. The potential mediating effect that psychological meaningfulness had on this relationship was further explored.Motivation for the study: Being in a highly stressful occupation, teachers need to continuously find ways to craft their working practices in order to deal effectively with their job demands and to capitalise on their available job resources. Furthermore, South Africa’s current education system calls for serious proactive measures to be taken to improve and rectify the current status, such as job crafting.Research approach, design and method: A quantitative, cross-sectional survey design was used and administered to a sample of South African high school teachers situated in Gauteng, South Africa (N = 251).Main findings: A positive relationship was found between job crafting (increasing structural resources and challenging job demands) and work engagement. Furthermore, psychological meaningfulness mediated the relationship between job crafting and work engagement amongst the sampled high school teachers.Practical/managerial implications: Teachers who craft their work to better suit their preferences and needs will obtain greater meaning in their work and experience increased levels of work engagement. Training programmes and/or group-based interventions targeted around job crafting techniques may be particularly useful in the South African teaching context.Contribution/value-add: This study highlights the importance of job crafting to the well-being of teachers. It further contributes to the literature pertaining to job crafting and teaching specifically, as well as to the limited job crafting research that has been conducted in the South African context.

The effects of demographic variables on knowledge sharing

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Boateng ◽  
Michael Dzigbordi Dzandu ◽  
Franklin Gyamfi Agyemang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – This study aims to find the role of demographic variables in knowledge sharing among teachers in senior high schools. The relationship between demographic variables and knowledge sharing has not been clearly established in the existing literature. Design/methodology/approach – The survey research design was used as a methodology for the study. The participants of the study were senior high school teachers. These participants were selected using convenience sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Data were anaylsed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression. Findings – The study found that male teachers share more of their knowledge than female teachers. Additionally, first degree holders were found to share their knowledge more than Higher National Diploma holders. Originality/value – This study has established the relationship between demographic variables and knowledge sharing among senior high school teachers in Ghana.

scholarly journals The THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP, SELF-EFFICACY, AND WORK ENGAGEMENT ON PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SIAK REGENCY OF RIAU PROVINCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Tasril - Tasril ◽  
Maruf Akbar ◽  
Zulfan Saam
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Professional Commitment ◽  
School Teachers

The purpose of this study is to study the influence of leadership, self-efficacy, and work engagement on high school teachers’ professional commitment at Siak Regency of Riau Province. This research uses the quantitative approach with the survey method. The population in this study were 96 high school teachers in Siak Regency of Riau Province. The results of this study indicate that; (1) There is a direct positive influence of leadership on high school teachers’ professional commitment. (2) There is a direct positive influence of self-efficacy on high school teachers’ professional commitment. (3) There is a direct positive influence of work engagement on high school teachers’ professional commitment. (4) There is a direct positive influence of leadership on self-efficacy. 5) There is a  direct positive influence of leadership on work engagement. (6) There is a direct positive influence of self-efficacy on work engagement.  Thus, the improvement of high school teachers’ professional commitment can be achieved well if there is strong influence from leadership, self-efficacy, and work engagemen which are well built. Keywords: leadership, self-efficacy, work engagement, professional commitment.

MUSCULOSKELETAL COMPLAINTS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghorbanali Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Musculoskeletal Problems ◽  
The Impact

Musculoskeletal disorders represent one of the leading causes of occupational injury and disability in the developed and industrially developing countries. The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among Iranian high school teachers was determined by using Nordic questionnaires as the diagnostic tool. Data on MSDs were analyzed in 231 high school teachers. The survey was performed four times, twice every year. The MSDs were defined using three definitions, based on the frequency, duration and pain intensity of the symptoms. Symptoms causing work interference in the last 12 months were reported by 35% male and 15% female participants at baseline. Low back symptoms were the most common cause of work impairment (male = 69%, female = 77%), followed by equality pain in the neck. Based on the participants report, during the last 24 months there were totally 35% male and 15% female days of sick leave due to MSDs. The study confirms that the high prevalence of musculoskeletal problems may prevent teachers from doing their jobs, resulting in work absenteeism, may decrease work productivity, and may incur direct and indirect costs. Future research will examine the impact of organizational of work.

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationships between Resilience and Turnover Intention in Chinese High School Teachers: Considering the Moderating Role of Job Burnout

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6418
Author(s):  
Fei Liu ◽  
Huaruo Chen ◽  
Jie Xu ◽  
Ya Wen ◽  
Tingting Fang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Great Pressure ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Predictive Effect

Background: With the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, online teaching time has been extended continuously. The changes in teaching methods, teaching conditions, and teaching environment have brought great pressure and difficulties in adjustment to teachers, which have led to a series of physical and mental problems such as negativity, lack of confidence, and depression. The long-term accumulation of these problems makes teachers’ turnover intention increasingly serious. Methods: Based on these premises, this study took 449 high school teachers in China as research objects and investigated the relationship between high school teachers’ resilience, job burnout, and turnover intention in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic. Results: The resilience of high school teachers had a significant negative predictive effect on job burnout and turnover intention (r = −0.473, p < 0.05; r = −0.283, p < 0.05), while job burnout had a significant positive predictive effect on turnover intention (r = 0.485, p < 0.05). At the same time, job burnout played a moderating role between resilience and turnover intention (λ = −0.019, p < 0.001). Discussion: This study suggests that society, schools, families, and individuals should adopt various strategies to improve teachers’ adaptability and relieve teachers’ job burnout, so as to solve the practical problem of teachers’ high turnover intention and ensure continuous improvement and healthy development of online teaching.

scholarly journals Physical activity is associated with lower blood glucose level in high school teachers in Palu, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 3176
Author(s):  
Jamaludin M. Sakung ◽  
Saifuddin Sirajuddin ◽  
Andi Zulkifli ◽  
Stang Abdul Rahman ◽  
Toto Sudargo
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Blood Glucose Level ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Glucose Level ◽  
The Body ◽  
Moderate Physical Activity ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
School Teachers

Background: Physical activity refers to the movement of the body that causes the expenditure of energy for the maintenance of physical and mental health and is produced by skeletal muscle which is repeated over a period of time. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of physical activity on blood glucose level in high school teachers in Palu, Indonesia.Methods: This was a descriptive analytic research with a cross-sectional approach. The research was conducted in Palu city. Seventy-five pre-diabetic high school teachers in Palu city meeting the inclusion criteria participated in this study. Data analysis in this research was done using Ordinal Regression Test.Results: Overall, 40 respondents (53.3%) had moderate physical activity (600-1500 Mets), 32 respondents (42.7%) had heavy physical activity (>1500 Mets), and 3 respondents (4.0%) had light activity (<600 Mets). Spearman correlation test indicated a significant correlation between physical activity and blood glucose level in high school teachers in Palu City.Conclusions: Higher level of physical activity is associated with lower level of blood glucose. 

scholarly journals WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND WORK ENGAGEMENT AMONG HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN BANDA ACEH

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Eka Dian Aprilia ◽  
Oshan Katiara
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
P Value ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Spirituality Of Teachers ◽  
Banda Aceh

Work engagement is vivacious for teachers to improve and maintain the quality of education. One of the factors that can improve work engagement is workplace spirituality. The study aimed to determine the relationship between workplace spirituality and work engagement of High School teachers. This study used a quantitative method with a cluster random sampling technique and the sample size was based on Isaac and Michael table with a 5% error level with 120 participants who work as civil servant High School teachers in Banda Aceh. The scales used in this study are an adaptation of Workplace Spirituality Scale developed by Milliman, Czaplewski, and Ferguson and adaptation of Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) by Schaufeli, Salanova, GonzalezRoma, and Bakker. The result of data analysis using the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation test showed a correlation coefficient of .397 with p-value = .000 (p < .05). The hypothesis was confirmed so it can be concluded that there was a significant positive correlation between workplace spirituality and work engagement of High School teachers. It means the higher the workplace spirituality of teachers, the higher the work engagement of teacher will be and vice versa. The results showed that the majority of workplace spirituality and work engagement of High School teachers in Banda Aceh classified into “high” category.

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