Work Values Predict Job Satisfaction among Chinese Teachers during COVID-19: The Mediation Role of Work Engagement

Antony Fute, Mohamed Oubibi, Binghai Sun, Yueliang Zhou and Weilong Xiao
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Antony Fute: College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Mohamed Oubibi: College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Binghai Sun: College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Yueliang Zhou: College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Weilong Xiao: College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: Teachers’ job satisfaction is a prominent aspect that determines workplace well-being and job performance. With the outbreak of COVID-19, changes in the teaching process have emerged (e.g., the shift to online classes and an increase in teaching hours), which might be affecting job satisfaction. A closer look at predictors of teachers’ job satisfaction and the level to which they have influenced teaching satisfaction during the period of COVID-19 pandemic is very important. This survey involved a sample of 2886 Chinese teachers to examine the effects of teachers’ work values on their job satisfaction through the mediating role of work engagement. The analysis by SPSS 25 and PROCESS for SPSS software was run, and the results showed a strong effect of teachers’ work values on job satisfaction (β = 0.203, SE = 0.203, p < 0.01) and of work values on job satisfaction through the mediating role of work engagement (β = 0.204, SE = 0.017, p < 0.01). From the correlation analysis, work values strongly correlated with work engagement (r = 0.499, p < 0.01) and job satisfaction (r = 0.360, p < 0.01). Teachers’ work values and work engagement played a predicting role on job satisfaction among Chinese teachers during this period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: work values; work engagement; job satisfaction; mediation; COVID-19 (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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