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Job Demands, Job Resources and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction: An Empirical Study Based on the TALIS 2018 Shanghai Database

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Based on the Shanghai TALIS 2018 database, this study discusses how school job characteristics impact teachers’ job satisfaction under the framework of the job demands-resources model. The main findings are as follows: (1) Job demands (JDs) negatively predict teachers’ job satisfaction, and work pressure plays a completely mediating role in this path. (2) Job resources positively predict teachers’ job satisfaction. (3) Only the organizational type of job resources can mitigate the negative impact of JDs on teachers’ job satisfaction, and for such job resource types, teachers would own the highest level of job satisfaction in the school environment with a combination of high job demands and high job resources. The above findings confirm the importance of improving school management practices and optimizing the combination of work resources and demands to improve teachers’ job satisfaction.

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Liang, W. (2023). Job Demands, Job Resources and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction: An Empirical Study Based on the TALIS 2018 Shanghai Database. In: Guo, D. (eds) The Frontier of Education Reform and Development in China. Educational Research in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6355-1_13

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