The Mechanism of Leader-Expressed Humility on a Physical Education Teacher’s Work Engagement—Exploring the Chain Mediation Effect of Teacher Efficacy and Felt Obligation

Wenjuan Cheng, Zhonghua Wang, Rui Fang, Sumaira Kayani and Michele Biasutti
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Wenjuan Cheng: Institute of Sports Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
Zhonghua Wang: Institute of Sports Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
Rui Fang: Institute of Sports Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
Sumaira Kayani: Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Michele Biasutti: Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, 35139 Padova, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: Motivating a teacher’s work engagement has been brought into focus within the educational field, yet there has been deficient detail on how leader-expressed humility may influence a physical education teacher’s work engagement. Based on social information processing theory and trait activation theory, the study investigates the potential effects of leader-expressed humility on a physical education teacher’s work engagement within the organizational situations of primary and secondary schools in China. Data were collected from 579 physical education teachers using self-reported questionnaires. Results fully supported the proposed chain mediation model that leader-expressed humility is a strong predictor for a physical education teacher’s work engagement, and leader-expressed humility could indirectly affect a physical education teacher’s work engagement through the independent mediating effect of teacher efficacy and felt obligation, as well as the chain mediating effect of the two. Implications for management and practice, limitations, and future research are discussed.

Keywords: leader-expressed humility; physical education teacher; work engagement; teacher efficacy; felt obligation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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