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ERIC Number: EJ1235403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1836-9391
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Find Your Tribe! Early Childhood Educators Defining and Identifying Key Factors That Support Their Workplace Wellbeing
Jones, Catherine; Hadley, Fay; Waniganayake, Manjula; Johnstone, Melissa
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, v44 n4 p326-338 Dec 2019
Historically, research on educator wellbeing has focused on ill health including stress, burnout and emotional exhaustion. There is a dearth of research examining healthy workplace wellbeing among early childhood educators, which makes developing strategies to support their wellbeing difficult. Moreover, there is a lack of clarity about the concept of educator workplace wellbeing and a lack of understanding of the complex interplay between factors supporting and thwarting wellbeing within long day-care centres. This two-phase study used a mixed-methods research design. Presented in this paper are the findings from phase one. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 22 early childhood educators in long day-care centres reflected on educator workplace wellbeing as a broad concept encompassing social, emotional, physical and economic factors. Educator 'voices' provided insight into the individual, relational and contextual elements impacting on their personal workplace wellbeing.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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