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A Research On Influencing Factors Of Teachers' Work Engagement In The First High School Of Tengchong

Posted on:2012-09-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2217330338456019Subject:Educational Economy and Management
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The qualities of teachers'work directly influence the quality of education. Whether the motivation as well as the initiatives of teachers can be implemented effectively and tightly related with the development of school and teaching quality. Self-determination theory believes that only through the way of autonomy support management atmosphere, can it meet the requirement of three intrinsic basic psychological needs of individuals. Then, it can improve the individual intrinsic motivation, and promote performance of teachers. Thus, based on the Self-determination Theory and related theories, using the Work Engagement which can be predict the Work Performance as the indicator to reflect the work of teachers, the paper explores the relationships among the Basic Psychological Needs, the Perceived Autonomy Support, and the Work Engagement, proposing the management suggestions on improving teachers'intrinsic motivations, serving as the reference of the management of middle school teachers.This paper uses the questionnaire-investigation to make a research on the status of Basic Psychological Needs, the Perceived Autonomy Support, and the Work Engagement, difference in variable of demography as well as their relations. The effective subjects were 182 people, the research tools were'The Basic Need Satisfaction at Work Scale','Perceived Autonomy Support:The Work Climate Questionnaire'and'Utrecht Work Engagement Scale'. Finally, the paper came to the conclusions as follows:(1) The level of middle school teachers'Basic Need Satisfaction, Perceived Autonomy Support, and the Work Engagement were in a higher level.(2) The Basic Psychological Needs have significant difference between gender, teaching age, marital status as well as professional title. The Perceives Autonomy Support was significantly differed in teaching age, marital status as well as professional title. The Work Engagement was significantly differed in marital status and professional title.(3) Basic Need Satisfaction and Work Engagement present direct proportion. Autonomy and Relatedness can obviously cause Work Engagement. (4) Perceived Autonomy Support and Work Engagement present direct proportion. Perceived Autonomy Support can obviously cause Work Engagement.(5) Basic Need Satisfaction and Perceived Autonomy Support present direct proportion. Perceived Autonomy Support can obviously cause Basic Need Satisfaction.(6) Perceived Autonomy Support plays a mediation role between Basic Need Satisfaction and Work Engagement.
Keywords/Search Tags:Self-determination Theory, Basic Need Satisfaction, Perceived Autonomy Support, Work Engagement, Middle school teacher
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