ERIC Number: EJ1308015
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Aug
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Emotional Labor Profiles among Teachers: Associations with Positive Affective, Motivational, and Well-Being Factors
Buric, Irena; Kim, Lisa E.; Hodis, Flaviu
Journal of Educational Psychology, v113 n6 p1227-1243 Aug 2021
Research indicates that teachers perform emotional labor daily. However, previous studies have mostly used a variable-centered approach that examines the associations of emotional labor strategies with particular outcome variables. This approach did not consider the possibility that teachers use different emotional labor strategies simultaneously. Therefore, in this study we took a person-centered approach and explored the emotional labor profiles in a large sample of Croatian teachers (N = 2,002) employed across educational levels (i.e., elementary, middle, and high school levels) by using latent profile analysis. In addition, we examined differences among profiles regarding teachers' positive affect, self-efficacy, work engagement, and job satisfaction. Results indicated the existence of six emotional labor profiles that were characterized by different combinations of deep acting, hiding feelings, and faking emotions. Profiles of teachers who dominantly rely on deep acting had the most adaptive patterns of analyzed outcomes, whereas profiles of teachers who reported higher levels of hiding feelings, regardless the level of deep acting, exhibited less desirable levels of positive affect, self-efficacy, work engagement, and job satisfaction.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Motivation, Positive Attitudes, Emotional Experience, Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Self Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, Self Expression, Correlation, Affective Measures, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Croatia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
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