Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)

Research on Psychological Capital and Job Engagement of Primary and Secondary School Teachers -- Taking Northern Guangdong as an Example

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Hongxiu Tan, Qizhi Zhang
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Available Online 28 August 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.200826.063How to use a DOI?
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Primary and secondary school teachers, psychological capital, job engagement
Abstract

Objective: To understand the current situation of psychological capital and job engagement of primary and secondary school teachers and the relationship between them. Methods: 514 primary and secondary school teachers in northern Guangdong were investigated with the psychological capital scale of primary and secondary school teachers and Utrecht job engagement scale in Chinese. Results: 1. The average score of psychological capital and job engagement of primary and secondary school teachers is higher than the median. 2. There are significant differences in the variables of marriage, age, professional title and teaching age in the psychological capital of primary and secondary school teachers; there are significant differences in the variables of marriage in the job engagement. 3. The psychological capital of primary and secondary school teachers is positively correlated with job engagement, which can positively predict job engagement. Conclusion: 1. The psychological capital and job engagement of primary and secondary school teachers in northern Guangdong are above the middle level; 2. We should pay attention to the promotion of psychological capital and job engagement of primary and secondary school teachers with lower professional titles, unmarried, younger age and teaching age. 3. We can increase the job engagement level by improving the psychological capital level of primary and secondary school teachers, and ultimately make primary and secondary school students and basic education benefit.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 August 2020
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978-94-6239-048-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200826.063How to use a DOI?
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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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