TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships Between Kindergarten Teachers’ Empowerment, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Climate
T2 - A Chinese Model
AU - Jiang, Yong
AU - Li, Peiwei
AU - Wang, Jingying
AU - Li, Hui
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Childhood Education International.
PY - 2019/4/3
Y1 - 2019/4/3
N2 - This study investigated the relationships between perceived teacher empowerment, job satisfaction, and organizational climate among 206 randomly sampled kindergarten teachers in Shanghai, China. Chinese versions of the School Participant Empowerment Scale, the Teacher Work Satisfaction Survey, and the Organizational Climate Scale were validated and administered. Statistically significant relationships were found between teacher empowerment, job satisfaction, and organizational climate. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that (1) teacher empowerment and job satisfaction predicted organizational climate, (2) teacher empowerment predicted teacher job satisfaction, and (3) job satisfaction partially mediated the association between teacher empowerment and organizational climate. The results obtained in this Chinese setting were inconsistent with the findings of most Western studies. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed.
AB - This study investigated the relationships between perceived teacher empowerment, job satisfaction, and organizational climate among 206 randomly sampled kindergarten teachers in Shanghai, China. Chinese versions of the School Participant Empowerment Scale, the Teacher Work Satisfaction Survey, and the Organizational Climate Scale were validated and administered. Statistically significant relationships were found between teacher empowerment, job satisfaction, and organizational climate. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that (1) teacher empowerment and job satisfaction predicted organizational climate, (2) teacher empowerment predicted teacher job satisfaction, and (3) job satisfaction partially mediated the association between teacher empowerment and organizational climate. The results obtained in this Chinese setting were inconsistent with the findings of most Western studies. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed.
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - organizational climate
KW - teacher empowerment
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85063279296
U2 - 10.1080/02568543.2019.1577773
DO - 10.1080/02568543.2019.1577773
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85063279296
SN - 0256-8543
VL - 33
SP - 257
EP - 270
JO - Journal of Research in Childhood Education
JF - Journal of Research in Childhood Education
IS - 2
ER -