ERIC Number: EJ1276002
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1836-9391
EISSN: N/A
Early Childhood Educators' Workplace Well-Being: It's Everyone's Right!
Jones, Catherine; Johnstone, Melissa; Hadley, Fay; Waniganayake, Manjula
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, v45 n4 p322-335 Dec 2020
Extant literature on Early Childhood educator workplace well-being focuses on the disease model of well-being, with studies mainly addressing stress and burnout. There is a paucity of research conceptualising healthy workplace well-being for educators and an absence of theorising to frame, understand and enhance Early Childhood educator workplace well-being. This paper reports on Phase 2 of an exploratory sequential mixed methods study, which aimed to explore the individual, relational, and contextual factors influencing healthy workplace well-being. Using Phase 1 interview findings (Author, blind for review), a survey was developed to investigate predictors on workplace well-being in early childhood services in Australia. The survey drew on the sub-theory 'Basic psychological needs' of Deci and Ryan's Self-Determination Theory. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that autonomy, relatedness, and competence predicted workplace well-being even after controlling for demographic and organisation variables.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Well Being, Work Environment, Self Determination, Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, Competence, Predictor Variables, Psychological Needs
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2814
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Australia
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A