Examining Predictors and Outcomes of Decent Work among Chinese Female Pre-Service Primary School Teachers

Ya Wen, Huaruo Chen, Xindong Wei (), Kai Li, Fei Liu and Xia Liu
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Ya Wen: School of Teacher Education, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
Huaruo Chen: College of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Xindong Wei: School of Teacher Education, Nanjing University of Information Science &Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Kai Li: School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Fei Liu: School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
Xia Liu: School of Teacher Education, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the future decent work perceptions in the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT) based on a sample of female primary pre-service teachers in higher education. A cross-sectional design was used for this research. 368 pre-service female teachers were recruited from a university in eastern China for the current study. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that the PWT model applied to Chinese pre-service female primary school teachers. In particular, subjective social status was positively related to future decent work perceptions, disadvantaged mindset was negatively related to future decent work perceptions, and future decent work perceptions were positively related to academic satisfaction. Overall, all the proposed direct pathways in this study were significant. This is the first empirical study to apply the PWT framework among Chinese pre-service female teachers in primary school. With this examination, we were able to comprehensively examine the relationship between variables such as subjective social status and disadvantaged mindset, and future decent work perceptions, helping to improve students’ academic satisfaction and providing suggestions for future career development for this group.

Keywords: Psychology of Working Theory; decent work; subjective social status; disadvantaged mindset; academic satisfaction; female pre-service primary school teachers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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