Meaningful work and resilience among teachers: The mediating role of work engagement and job crafting

Research in the field of work and organizational psychology more and more highlights the importance of employees' experience of meaningful work. Adding to this area of research, the present study among teachers examined the relationship between meaningful work and resilience and tested whether...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-09, Vol.14 (9), p.e0222518
Main Authors: Van Wingerden, Jessica, Poell, Rob F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis
Cultivation
Education
Employees
Female
Humans
Influence
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Psychology
Research and Analysis Methods
Resilience
School Teachers - psychology
Science education
Social psychology
Social Sciences
Studies
Teachers
Teaching
Training
Work Engagement
Work environment
Work experience
Workers
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Summary:Research in the field of work and organizational psychology more and more highlights the importance of employees' experience of meaningful work. Adding to this area of research, the present study among teachers examined the relationship between meaningful work and resilience and tested whether this proposed relationship is mediated by teachers' work engagement and job crafting behaviour. Data for this study was collected among a group of Dutch teachers working in a school for primary education (N = 174). To test the hypothesized relationships, we conducted a bootstrapping analysis. The outcomes revealed that work engagement and job crafting fully mediated the relationship between meaningful work and teacher's resilience. The insights provided in this study may be useful for the deliberate cultivation of teachers' resilience and may help them to stay enthusiastic in their meaningful but demanding profession. Theoretical contributions, limitations, suggestions for future research and practical implications are discussed.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0222518