Using structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between Ghanaian teachers' emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, professional identity, and work engagement

• Published in: Psychology in the schools Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 534 - 552
• Main Authors: Butakor, Paul K., Guo, Qi, Adebanji, Atinuke O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley 01.03.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Curricula; Emotional Intelligence; Exploratory factor analysis; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Ghana; Intelligence; Job Satisfaction; Professional Identity; Structural equation modeling; Structural Equation Models; Teachers; work engagement; Ghana

The purpose of the study was to examine the causal relationship between teachers' emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, professional identity, and work engagement. And to achieve this purpose, a questionnaire consisting of four scales was administered to 260 teachers selected from the Adent...