Meta-analysis of the association of teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction

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Published: May 20, 2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.29123
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self-efficacy job satisfaction mental health teachers meta-analysis
Ιωάννης Κατσαντώνης
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-8136
Αργύριος Κατσαντώνης
Department of Educational Science and Social Work, University of Patras
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5172-6309
Abstract

Self-efficacy is an important factor that contributes to the improvement of job satisfaction and mental health of teachers. Thus, the purpose of the present research is to examine the generalisability and magnitude of the relationship of teachers’ self-efficacy and job satisfaction. 49 correlation coefficients were collected from 45 empirical studies (sample of N=28573 teachers) and were meta-analysed. The results of the random-effects meta-analysis showed that the average correlation was of moderate effect size (μ=.37) and statistically significant. Further, a multiple meta-regression model indicated that the magnitude of the correlation varies depending on the area of the sample, the type of publication and the school type, whilst the date of publication, the number of the items and the type of the questionnaire do not differentiate the magnitude of the correlation. In short, the findings of the present meta-analysis can be especially useful for increasing our understanding of the nature of the relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy and job satisfaction across countries.

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Author Biography
Ιωάννης Κατσαντώνης, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Ioannis G. Katsantonis, MPhil(Distinct.-Cambridge), B.Ed(Hons) is a PhD student in Psychology of Education affiliated with the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Previously, he was affiliated with the Department of Primary Education, University of Patras, Greece. His interests include applied psychometrics and quantitative methods in modeling human behavior.  Ioannis is mostly working in the field of Psychology of Education with an emphasis on cross-cultural analyses of psychoeducational processes. His research is particularly focused on modeling data from cross-cultural surveys such as TALIS and PISA. His research works have been published in the Hellenic Journal of Research in Education, in the Hellenic Journal of Psychology, in the European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education,  in Pedagogical Research, as well as in other indexed journals. He has published also a few conference papers.

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