ERIC Number: EJ1220532
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jun-23
Pages: 15
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Analyzing Effect of Teachers' Personal Empowerment Perceptions to Their Passion for Working by Various Factors
Sanli, Önder
Educational Research and Reviews, v14 n12 p419-433 Jun 2019
The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between the elementary, middle and high school teachers' personal empowerment perception and passion for working. During the research, opinions of 890 teachers' chosen from different schools and branches with random sampling technique were collected from those working in Malatya province in the 2016-2017 academic year. As a data collection tool, "Personal Empowerment Scale" and "The Measurement of Engagement" were used. The results of the analyses revealed that the average of the Personal Empowerment scale extent ranges around "frequently". The perception level of the participants related to personal empowerment scale was in the range of "high". All the averages related to the measurement of engagement were in the range of "frequently". It was observed that participants evaluated their level related to the measurement of engagement in high ebb. When the values related to gender variable points to personal empowerment scale's "choice" extent, it suggested that average values related to the perceptions of male teachers are higher than that of the female teachers. It was seen that "effect" behaviors of teachers predicts "vigor" meaningfully. Further, that "content" behaviors of teachers predicts "absorption" meaningfully.
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Work Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Gender Differences, Work Experience, Marital Status, Age Differences, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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