Abstract
Teachers’ job satisfaction is a prominent aspect that determines workplace well-being and job performance. With the outbreak of COVID-19, changes in the teaching process have emerged (e.g., the shift to online classes and an increase in teaching hours), which might be affecting job satisfaction. A closer look at predictors of teachers’ job satisfaction and the level to which they have influenced teaching satisfaction during the period of COVID-19 pandemic is very important. This survey involved a sample of 2886 Chinese teachers to examine the effects of teachers’ work values on their job satisfaction through the mediating role of work engagement. The analysis by SPSS 25 and PROCESS for SPSS software was run, and the results showed a strong effect of teachers’ work values on job satisfaction (β = 0.203, SE = 0.203, p < 0.01) and of work values on job satisfaction through the mediating role of work engagement (β = 0.204, SE = 0.017, p < 0.01). From the correlation analysis, work values strongly correlated with work engagement (r = 0.499, p < 0.01) and job satisfaction (r = 0.360, p < 0.01). Teachers’ work values and work engagement played a predicting role on job satisfaction among Chinese teachers during this period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
COVID-19 is a global health problem that continues to affect millions of people, including teachers, students, and parents, since its initial eruption at the end of 2019 [1,2,3].The pandemic has substantially disrupted education systems that have affected over1.5 billion students worldwide [4]
The results demonstrate that teachers’ work values had a positive and significant relation to job satisfaction (β = 0.203, p < 0.01), work values were positively related to work engagement (β = 0.660, p < 0.01), and work engagement was positively related to satisfaction (β = 0.400, p < 0.01)
While most of the previous studies showed the same rate of work engagement across gender groups, this study indicates that male teachers’ work engagement was higher than their female counterparts
Summary
COVID-19 is a global health problem that continues to affect millions of people, including teachers, students, and parents, since its initial eruption at the end of 2019 [1,2,3].The pandemic has substantially disrupted education systems that have affected over1.5 billion students worldwide [4]. COVID-19 is a global health problem that continues to affect millions of people, including teachers, students, and parents, since its initial eruption at the end of 2019 [1,2,3]. The pandemic has substantially disrupted education systems that have affected over. 1.5 billion students worldwide [4]. National examinations have been temporarily cancelled and face-to-face instructions ceased [5]. Teachers and students have been encouraged to follow the strict rules of physical distancing. 63 million teachers have been reported to be affected by COVID-19, while the exact number of deaths is not known. The disease has caused a total of 2 million deaths in more than 190 countries and territories [6]
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