Stress, Work Engagement and Satisfaction at Work Among Primary School Teachers
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https://doi.org/10.55707/ds-po.v40i3-4.198Keywords:
teachers, stress, job engagement, job satisfactionAbstract
Teachers are exposed to various stressful work situations that can result in several adverse health, psychosocial, and job performance outcomes. The study aimed to examine the levels of perceived stress, work engagement, and job satisfaction in a sample of Slovenian primary school teachers (N = 335) and to examine the relationship between these concepts. The results reveal that the teachers perceive moderate levels of stress, relatively high levels of work engagement, and mild to high levels of job satisfaction. On average, female teachers show more work engagement than their male counterparts. The teachers at the primary level of education are more engaged and satisfied with their work than the teachers at the lower secondary level of education. Those with more work experience report lower levels of perceived stress and higher levels of job satisfaction than the teachers with less work experience. Moreover, the regression analysis results suggest that lower levels of perceived job stress and higher levels of emotional engagement predict higher job satisfaction among the teachers.
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