The mediating role of job attachment in the relationship between self-efficacy and effectiveness of physical education teachers.

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Nima Shahidi
• Siroos Hadadnia

Assistant Professor, Nouraabad Mamasani Branch, IslamicAzd University, Nourabad Mamasani, Iran.

10.30495/jedu.2023.26618.5316

Abstract

Introduction: Teachers as influential factors in the education process have an important role in achieving the goals of the education system The purpose of this study was the investigating of the mediating role of job attachment in the relationship between self-efficacy and effectiveness of physical education teachers in Mamasani city.
research methodology: This study was descriptive-correlational. The research population includes all physical education teachers in Mamasani which were 53 persons and according to krejcy- morgan table 48 of them selectd as sample by simple random sampling method. The data were collected using Job Attachment Scale (Schaufeli,2015), the Teacher Effectiveness Inventory (Tavassoli Noghabi,2011), and the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran & Hoy, 2001). The validity of the questionnaires was formally confirmed using the opinion of experts and the reliability of the instruments were determined by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient which were, 0.829, 0.903 and 0.824, for three questionnaires respectively. In order to analyze the data, in addition to using descriptive statistics indicators such as mean and standard deviation, Pearson correlation analysis and path analysis tests were used to test the research hypotheses.
Findings: The results of Pearson correlation test showed that there was a significant relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy, job attachment, and effectiveness. Besides, the results of the path analysis test showed that job attachment plays a mediating role in the relationship between self-efficacy and effectiveness of physical education teachers in Mamasani city.
Conclusion: According to the mediating role of physical education teachers 'job attachment, it can be used to enhance their self-efficacy and thus increase teachers' effectiveness.
 

Keywords

• Job Attachment
• Self-Efficacy
• Effectiveness

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