TEACHER’S WORK ENGAGEMENT – CHANGE AND ADAPTATION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Sorina Ioana Mi?u ()
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Sorina Ioana Mi?u: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Business Excellence and Management, 2020, vol. 10, issue 5, 243-255

Abstract: The present paper aims to investigate the complex issue of work engagement during a time of constant change and confusion for the Romanian pre university teachers. Additionally, the research intends to show the way in which this category of employers coped with the teaching methods change during March-June 2020 (i.e. the period of time in which all pre university educational institutions of Romania deployed solely online classes). It is assumed that the feeling of engagement that belonged to a specific set for the professional activities, e.g. meeting physically the students in a classroom, was influenced by the change of the teaching environment and the challenges brought by it. In order to gain a better understanding for the previously mentioned issues, data was gathered through an online questionnaire answered by schoolteachers and later on analyzed according to quantitative research methods. The results of this study could be of importance for any of the educational field’s stakeholders as the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic are still not over and a coherent human resources strategy should continue to be developed. Hence, this paper also aims to discuss the implications of engaged and disengaged teachers during these changing times and to offer human resources management suggestions.

Keywords: work-engagement; teachers; education; human resources; covid-19. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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