Association Between Social Support and Job Satisfaction Among Mainland Chinese Ethnic Minority Kindergarten Teachers: The Mediation of Self-Efficacy and Work Engagement

Frontiers in Psychology

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Shiyong Wu¹  Xiaowei Zhao²  Kai Zhang³  Shuyi Zhou¹  Xiaoyan Yu⁴  Wei Chen⁵  Wen Zheng⁵  Mingxi Huang⁴  Hongbao Zhang⁶  Xiujuan Li⁶  Guangbao Fang⁷ 

[1] South China Vocational Education Research Center, South China Normal University;Changan Center Kindergarten;College of Education, Huaibei Normal University;School of Education, South China Normal University;School of Education, Huizhou University;Office of Humanities and Social Science, South China Normal University;Faculty of Education, Monash University

关键词: social support;    work engagement;    self-efficacy;    job satisfaction;    ethnic minority;    kindergarten teacher;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.581397

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Grounded on the social exchange theory (SET), social cognitive theory (SCT), and self-determination theory (SDT), this study aims to explore the mediating role of self-efficacy (SE) and work engagement (WE) on the effect of social support (SS) on job satisfaction (JS) among Chinese ethnic minority kindergarten teachers (KTs). The results show that: (1) SS has a directly significant effect on JS; (2) WE mediates the relationship between SS and JS; and (3) SE mediates the relationship between SS and WE. Although the mediation of SE on the relationship between SS and JS is not found, the posited multiple mediations of SE and WE on the relationship between SS and JS are totally accepted. The results reveal that SS mainland Chinese ethnic minority KTs received can not only have a direct effect on JS but also have an indirect impact through the one-path mediating role of WE and the chain mediating role of SE and WE. The results suggest that governments, supervisors, and sponsors should work together to provide ethnic minority KTs with more prioritized SS from both cultural psychology and financial material and opportunities for facilitating professional knowledge and skills in order to enhance their SE, inspire their WE, and eventually accumulate their JS.

【 授权许可】

CC BY