Investigating teachers' job satisfaction, stress and working environment: The roles of self‐efficacy and school leadership

• Published in: Psychology in the schools Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 679 - 690
• Main Authors: Jentsch, Armin, Hoferichter, Frances, Blömeke, Sigrid, König, Johannes, Kaiser, Gabriele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley 01.03.2023; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Autonomy; Correlation; Educational Environment; Educational leadership; Efficacy; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Instructional Leadership; Job Satisfaction; Leadership; Mathematics; Mathematics Teachers; Occupational health; Occupational stress; perceived stress; Professional Autonomy; School Administration; School environment; Schools; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary schools; Self Efficacy; Social support; Social Support Groups; Stress Variables; Structural equation modeling; Structural Equation Models; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Leadership; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Conditions; Work Environment; Working conditions; working environment; Germany

This study investigates the relations between working environment and teachers' job satisfaction, perceived work‐related stress, as well as work‐related self‐efficacy. The sample consisted of 226 mathematics teachers from German secondary schools. About 55% were female and they had been teachin...