Beginning teachers’ work satisfaction, self-efficacy and willingness to stay in the profession: a question of job demands-resources balance?

Björk, Lisa,1981Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap,Department of Sociology and Work Science (author)

As many other countries around the world, Sweden is currently facing an urgent need for new teachers. Creating sound work environments that can retain beginning teachers in the profession—as well as attract new ones—is one way to address the problem. In order to accomplish this task, research must be able to reflect the complex nature of work environments. In the present study, a cluster analysis of four job demands and five job resources among 328 Swedish teachers in their first year of teaching, resulted in four typical work situations: the advantageous situation (n =103); the balanced situation (n =148); the threat situation (n =34); and the pressed situation (n =43). Clear differences were found in how teachers in these different clusters perceived their work satisfaction, self-efficacy and willingness to stay, with the teachers in the former two work situations scoring significantly higher than the latter two. The results indicate that teachers can have a very different experience of work at the start of their careers. These findings imply that work environment interventions and induction programmes to support new teachers and prevent them from leaving the profession must be well adapted to the context.

Stengård, JohannaStockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet(Swepub:su)jost7947 (author)
Söderberg, Mia,1977Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, enheten för arbets-och miljömedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Occupational and environmental medicine(Swepub:gu)xsomia (author)
Andersson, Eva M.,1968Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, enheten för arbets-och miljömedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Occupational and environmental medicine(Swepub:gu)xaevaq (author)
Wastensson, Gunilla,1956Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, enheten för arbets-och miljömedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Occupational and environmental medicine(Swepub:gu)xwasgu (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

In:Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice: Informa UK Limited25:8, s. 955-9711354-06021470-1278
In:Teachers and Teaching: Informa UK Limited25:8, s. 955-9711470-1278

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SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES; and Other Social Sci ...; and Work Sciences

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