ERIC Number: EJ1366493
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6935
Does Organizational Commitment Buffer the Relation between Work-to-Family Conflict and Emotional Exhaustion in Chinese Preschool Teachers?
Zhou, Siyu; Li, Xiaowei
Early Education and Development, v33 n7 p1256-1269 2022
Research Findings: Work-to-family conflict is prevalent in preschool teachers, which has increased their risk of emotional exhaustion. To help preschool teachers deal with work-to-family conflict and avoid emotional exhaustion, this study examined the relation between work-to-family conflict and emotional exhaustion and the buffering roles of three components of organizational commitment (i.e. affective commitment, normative commitment, and continuance commitment) with a sample of 495 beginning preschool teachers and 449 experienced preschool teachers coming from China. Results showed that (1) work-to-family conflict significantly and positively related to emotional exhaustion in both beginning and experienced preschool teachers; (2) continuance commitment buffered the relation between work-to-family conflict and emotional exhaustion in both beginning and experienced preschool teachers; (3) the buffering effect of affective commitment was only significant in experienced preschool teachers; (4) the buffering effect of normative commitment was not observed in both groups of teachers. Practice or Policy: These findings suggest education administrators to reduce preschool teachers' work-to-family conflict and improve their organizational commitment simultaneously, thereby alleviating their emotional exhaustion.
Descriptors: Conflict, Family Work Relationship, Preschool Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Work Environment, Teacher Burnout, Affective Behavior, Job Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Risk, Organizational Culture
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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