ERIC Number: EJ1446732
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6935
Are Emotional Labor Strategies Good or Bad for Work Engagement among Chinese Preschool Teachers? The Mediating Role of Teacher Efficacy and Grit
Peishan Huang; Mingming Zhou
Early Education and Development, v35 n8 p1920-1935 2024
Teacher work engagement is critical for work performance and child development, yet there is a limited understanding of how it is shaped from the perspective of teachers' emotion. Based on the job demand-resource model, this study tested the relationship between emotional labor strategies, teacher efficacy, grit, and work engagement. Research Findings: Through structural equation modeling, self-reports of 647 Chinese preschool teachers revealed that (1) expression of naturally felt emotions showed both a direct and an indirect (via teacher efficacy and grit) positive relationship with work engagement; (2) deep acting was associated with work engagement via promoted teacher efficacy; (3) surface acting was associated with work engagement via weakened teacher efficacy. Neither deep acting nor surface acting was linked to engagement via teacher grit. Practice or Policy: The findings call for attention to teacher emotion which is particularly important for preschool teachers in Chinese society. Guidance is needed for teachers to aptly use felt emotions to achieve classroom goals and translate the regulating process into positive beliefs about themselves.
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Persistence, Foreign Countries, Emotional Response, Individual Characteristics, Self Efficacy
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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
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Utrecht Work Engagement Scale; Teachers Sense of Efficacy Scale
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