Aim: Using the job demands-resources model, this study theorizes the negative longitudinal relationship between empowering leadership and teacher ostracism, both directly and through work engagement. Method: For this purpose, data collected in three waves at four-month intervals from 473 teachers (51.6% women; mean age = 42.26) working in schools…

Increasing numbers of studies have concentrated on teacher autonomy which is considered a crucial component in the work of teachers. This study explores the mediating role of teachers' self-efficacy beliefs in the relationship between organizational trust and teacher autonomy. Data were drawn from 326 teachers working in a southwest city of…

Using the revised job demands-resources model, this study aimed to analyze the direct relationship of teacher self-efficacy with burnout and its indirect relationship through perceived social support as well as the moderating roles of teacher optimism in these relationships. The study used a Bayesian estimator with structural equation modeling to…

The purpose of this research was to determine whether supervisor support (SS) plays a moderating role in the perception of overqualification (POQ) on workplace loneliness (WL) among music teachers in Turkey. The research was based on the assumption that loneliness, which is a negative emotional state and expresses employees' inability to establish…

The aim of this study is to analyze the correlation between teacher autonomy and teacher burnout in a Turkish context. For this study, a correlational research design was used, and the data were collected via the Teacher Autonomy Scale by Pearson and Hall (1993) and the Teacher Burnout Scale by Seidman and Zager (1986-1987). 100 Turkish EFL…

Teacher mobility has emerged as one of the most prominent issues in the field of education in recent years. Accordingly, the number of foreign teachers coming to work in Türkiye, as well as those leaving Türkiye and the schools they work at for various reasons, is increasing daily. The study aimed to determine the factors leading foreign teachers…

With the study reported on here, we aimed to determine the career barriers on organisational alienation and professional burnout levels of pre-school teachers and to reveal the relationship between their organisational alienation and burnout levels. A relational survey model was used in the study. The population of the study consisted of 896…

This study aims to reveal the causes and consequences of school principals' favouritism behaviours based on teachers' perceptions, and definitions about favouritism behaviour within schools. A descriptive phenomenological design was applied. Data were gathered via face-to-face interviews conducted with 15 public middle school teachers in Turkey.…

Purpose: This study aims to examine the role of teachers' emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional labour (EL) strategies in their affective and physical well-being. Design/methodology/approach: The quantitative data were collected from 436 primary school teachers. Likert-type scales were used to measure the variables. Confirmatory factor…

Introduction: Teachers' job satisfaction which has a positive effect on the quality of education, students, teachers and schools is significant for the successful functioning of schools. On the other hand, the increase in the level of dissatisfaction causes disciplinary problems, inefficiency, job dissatisfaction, alienation from the job, or…

Organizational cynicism can stem from differences in organizational practices and behaviors, as well as individual differences (Johnson & O'Leary-Kelly, 2003; Bommer et al., 2005). Studies reveal that the experiences of educational employees with organizational cynicism are significantly influenced by factors such as psychological contract…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to reveal the different ways in which a group of teachers understand the anger they feel toward the school principals with whom they interact. Design/methodology/approach: The present study was designed and conducted as a phenomenography. In phenomenographic research, the number of different ways in which…

The present study aims to reveal the views of secondary school teachers in various fields about their job satisfaction and highlight the factors affecting their job satisfaction. The study was conducted in some public secondary schools in the central districts of Diyarbakir province in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. There were…

This study aimed to determine how teachers ranked the reasons for turnover at the province, school district, and school levels based on their importance. For this purpose, the most important reasons for turnover at the province, school district and school levels were determined based on teachers' judgments. At the same time, it was determined how…

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of teachers' perceptions of innovative schools and schools' openness to change on their perceptions of adaptive performance. Predictive correlational design was used in the study. Simple random sampling method was utilized to determine the sample. The sample consisted of 258 teachers.…