ERIC Number: EJ766320
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-May
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Job Resources Boost Work Engagement, Particularly when Job Demands Are High
Bakker, Arnold B.; Hakanen, Jari J.; Demerouti, Evangelia; Xanthopoulou, Despoina
Journal of Educational Psychology, v99 n2 p274-284 May 2007
This study of 805 Finnish teachers working in elementary, secondary, and vocational schools tested 2 interaction hypotheses. On the basis of the job demands-resources model, the authors predicted that job resources act as buffers and diminish the negative relationship between pupil misbehavior and work engagement. In addition, using conservation of resources theory, the authors hypothesized that job resources particularly influence work engagement when teachers are confronted with high levels of pupil misconduct. In line with these hypotheses, moderated structural equation modeling analyses resulted in 14 out of 18 possible 2-way interaction effects. In particular, supervisor support, innovativeness, appreciation, and organizational climate were important job resources that helped teachers cope with demanding interactions with students.
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Organizational Climate, Interaction, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Labor Demands, Hypothesis Testing, Secondary Schools, Elementary Schools, Behavior Problems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Finland

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